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单词 impatient
释义 im·patient
I. \(ˈ)im, əm+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English impacient, from Middle French impacient, impatient, from Latin impatient-, impatiens, from in- in- (I) + patient-, patiens patient — more at patient
1.
 a. : not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, opposition : fretful
  < an impatient mood >
  < an impatient disposition >
  < the temper of the youth of his country is violent, impatient, and revolutionary — Louis Fischer >
 b. : not bearing with composure : intolerant
  < 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. : prompted by or giving evidence of impatience
 < an impatient speech >
 < impatient restlessness >
 < an impatient honesty — S.H.Adams >
3.
 a. : restlessly or eagerly desirous : anxious
  < 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. : marked by intolerance of delay
  < an impatient wait >
  < impatient hours >
4. obsolete : unendurable
im·patiently \“+\ adverb
im·patientness \“+\ noun
II. noun
: one that is impatient
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