单词 | tolerant |
释义 | toleranttol‧e‧rant /ˈtɒlərənt $ ˈtɑː-/ ●●○ adjective ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorpeople/attitudes that are not strict► lenient Collocations not strict in the way that you punish people or control their behaviour: · The younger teachers generally had a more lenient attitude towards their students.lenient with: · Some police officers have criticized judges for being too lenient with car thieves and burglars. ► easy-going someone who is easy-going does not care about being strict, and is usually calm and relaxed: · Our parents are pretty easy-going, and they don't mind if we stay out late. ► soft someone who is soft seems weak because they are not strict enough with other people: · He doesn't have the right personality to be an army officer, he's too soft.soft on: · They accused the government of being too soft on crime. ► tolerant allowing people to do, say, or believe what they like without fear of being punished or criticized: · I've tried to adopt a fairly tolerant attitude towards his behaviour.tolerant of: · She's not very tolerant of other people's failings.tolerant towards: · You should try to be more tolerant towards other people. ► tolerance behaviour or an attitude that allows people to do, say, or believe what they like without fear of being punished or criticized: · Tolerance was not a quality you associated with my parents.tolerance of: · The government is beginning to show more tolerance of opposition groups.tolerance towards: · The school encourages an attitude of tolerance towards all people. ► liberal willing to understand and respect other people's ideas, opinions, and behaviour, even if you do not approve of them: · I was fortunate enough to have very liberal parents.· He has quite liberal views for someone of his generation. ► broad-minded willing to accept and respect other people's beliefs or behaviour although they many be very different from your own: · My mother's quite broad-minded. She understands my decision to bring up my baby on my own. ► permissive a permissive society or person allows behaviour, especially sexual behaviour, that many other people disapprove of: · In the permissive society of the 1960s anything was possible.· It's not always true that young people have a more permissive attitude towards sex. ► lax not strict enough, especially through laziness or carelessness: · The report criticizes the lax security at many prisons.lax about: · I think the school has been too lax about bad behaviour in the past. ► over-indulgent allowing someone, especially a child, to behave in whatever way they want because you love them: · Parents can easily fall into the trap of being over-indulgent with their first child.· She was brought up by a succession of over-indulgent relations. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► less Phrases· People are seen as being more selfish, aggressive, and less tolerant and happy than was the case a decade ago.· The club men were less tolerant of his painting.· I had the idea Auntie Muriel might have been less tolerant about Michael if she met him.· Where State and/or public definitions of crime become less tolerant.· Observers have commented that he is less tolerant and sympathetic when dealing with them than with other colleagues or outsiders. ► more· From the wide experience, we can say that the committees of the Engineering Board are generally more tolerant of new ideas.· I will, however, be more tolerant and give the other party the benefit of the doubt.· Mansfield rightly concludes that most Arabs would like to live in a more tolerant society under efficient modern governments.· They were relieved to find the superiors were more tolerant of their questions and mistakes than anticipated.· We are more tolerant these days.· But this year the organization appears more tolerant of such dissent.· Why not just leave - set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew?· I was more tolerant of her developmental stages. ► very· One point here, the Alpha 2.0 seems very tolerant of slightly inconsistent input levels.· Rye is very tolerant of poor, acid soils, is extremely frost-hardy and ripens much earlier than other cereals.· Badgers live in large family groups, but they're not very tolerant of unfamiliar smells.· She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions. NOUN► attitude· This tolerant attitude towards credit history can prevent people going to loan sharks in times of need.· Fortunately, there is a more tolerant attitude towards other religions in most parts of the world today. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fault-tolerant computer/machine 1allowing people to do, say, or believe what they want without criticizing or punishing them OPP intolerant → toleratetolerant of/towards
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