英语词汇“patience game”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

patience game n. (a) a game of patience; (b) figurative an activity, procedure, etc., which requires one to wait patiently; a waiting game.

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1890 ‘Cavendish’ Patience Games 14 Patience Games require the player to obtain complete sequences by dealing, moving, or taking the cards of the pack in accordance with certain Rules.

1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xviii. 200 She played all sorts of patience games from simple single-pack patiences like Miss Milligan..to complicated double-pack games.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Feb. m1 What all this amounts to is playing time... And I'm playing the patience game.

2001 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 22 Mar. w8 The flea market trade can quickly degenerate into a drawn-out patience-game.

单词	patience game
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