impatience

英 [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns]

美 [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns]

n.  急躁；无耐心；不耐烦

TEM8

BNC.9012 / COCA.11344

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不耐烦的;急躁的
  If you areimpatient, you are annoyed because you have to wait too long for something.
  1. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another...
     一个小时、两个小时过去了,他不耐烦了。
  2. The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
     大牌俱乐部对缓慢的进展越来越不耐烦了。
• ADJ-GRADED 易发火的;无耐心的
  If you areimpatient, you are easily irritated by things.
  1. Beware of being too impatient with others...
     注意不要对人不耐烦。
  2. He threw it aside with an impatient gesture and another oath and walked off.
     他不耐烦地把它扔到一边,又骂了一句,然后走开了。
• ADJ 迫不及待的;切望的;急不可耐的
  If you areimpatient todo something orimpatient forsomething to happen, you are eager to do it or for it to happen and do not want to wait.
  1. He was impatient to get home...
     他迫不及待想要回家。
  2. They are impatient for jobs and security.
     他们渴望得到工作，获取安全感。

英英释义

noun

• a dislike of anything that causes delay
• a restless desire for change and excitement
• a lack of patience
  Synonym:restlessness

双语例句

• You can imagine what those emotions were: frustration, anger, impatience.
  你可以想象那是怎样的心情：沮丧、失望和焦躁。
• But I had forgotten about my uncle's impatience and interest in his new findings.
  可是我忘记了叔叔对新发现的兴趣和急切心情。
• He felt the secretary's impatience.
  他感觉到秘书的不耐烦。
• He too could do with a little "seething impatience".
  他可能也需要一点儿“不耐烦的躁动”。
• All these real and fictional stories inspire in me an odd mixture of compassion and impatience.
  所有这些真实和虚构的故事在我心中激起了一种同情与不耐烦杂糅的复杂感情。
• Harry could hear the impatience in her voice.
  哈里能听出她声音的不耐烦。
• Sunday, their manager voted for prudence over impatience.
  他们的总教练选择了慎重而不急躁。
• Yes, Bellatrix, I stayed, said Snape, betraying a hint of impatience for the first time.
  是的，贝拉特里克斯，我留下来了。斯内普说，第一次流露出不耐烦。
• Some impatience was exhibited owing to the non-arrival of the speaker.
  由于讲演人未到，听众显得有些不耐烦。
• I waited for my girl friend's call in great impatience.
  我很不耐烦的等待着女朋友的电话。