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单词 tolerant
释义
tolerant
(tɒlərənt )
1. adjective
If you describe someone as tolerant, you approve of the fact that they allow other people to say and do as they like, even if they do not agree with or like it. [approval]
They need to be tolerant of different points of view. [+ of]
Other changes include more tolerant attitudes to unmarried couples having children.
Synonyms: broad-minded, understanding, sympathetic, open-minded  
tolerantly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
She had listened tolerantly to his jumbled account.
2. adjective
If a plant, animal, or machine is tolerant of particular conditions or types of treatment, it is able to bear them without being damaged or hurt.
...plants which are more tolerant of dry conditions. [+ of]
Alpine strawberries are tolerant of most soils.
Collocations:
tolerant attitude
We're a formidable people with many qualities — commonsense pragmatism, mildness of demeanour, a resistance to crazy ideology and a generally tolerant attitude to human difference.
Times, Sunday Times
Bathing hippos usually have a tolerant attitude towards their fellow creatures -until something snaps.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the generation of the 1960s managed to acquire a more tolerant attitude by the communists.
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The character draws fans due to his flamboyant lifestyle and tolerant attitude.
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However, he believes the greatest effect has been wrought by younger generations of servicemen bringing more tolerant attitudes into the military from wider society.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 宽恕的
Japanese: 寛容な
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