单词 | impatient |
释义 | im·patient I. 1. a. < an impatient mood > < an impatient disposition > < the temper of the youth of his country is violent, impatient, and revolutionary — Louis Fischer > b. < impatient of poverty or delay > < impatient of this prolonged parting from their pets — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox > < impatient of preaching without practice — A.J.Russell > : showing quickly an unwillingness to be unconcerned or tolerant (as with something one dislikes or disapproved of) < impatient with anything like dishonesty — W.L.Frierson > 2. < an impatient speech > < impatient restlessness > < an impatient honesty — S.H.Adams > 3. a. < impatient to see his sweetheart > < quite impatient for the concert evening — Jane Austen > < impatient to know what did occur — E.K.Brown > < impatient for home — E.A.Weeks > b. < an impatient wait > < impatient hours > 4. obsolete • im·patiently • im·patientness II. |
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