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

patience

/ˈpeɪʃ(ə)ns

noun [mass noun]

1The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the rubbish I have run out of patience with her...

In my experience foreigners have no patience with this sort of thinking.
I made a third phone call a few days later, but their patience with me was obviously running out.
He is a decent hitter, has great patience at the plate and is defensively solid.

Synonyms

forbearance, tolerance, restraint, self-restraint, resignation, stoicism, fortitude, sufferance, endurance;

calmness, composure, even temper, even-temperedness, equanimity, equilibrium, serenity, tranquillity, imperturbability, unexcitability, understanding, indulgence, lenience, kindness, consideration

rare longanimity, inexcitability

perseverance, persistence, endurance, tenacity, diligence, assiduity, application, staying power, indefatigability, doggedness, determination, resolve, resolution, resoluteness, obstinacy, insistence, singleness of purpose, purposefulness, pertinacity

2British Any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one’s cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.One sister has already nabbed the food and cards, and is sitting playing patience.

Phrases

lose patience (or lose one's patience)

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati.

Hospital patients have to have patience, and they sometimes suffer, so it is not surprising that the Latin word pati ‘to suffer’ is the root of both patience and patient (Middle English). People have maintained that patience is a virtue since the 14th century, though a Latin equivalent is recorded much earlier. As a card game patience dates from the early 19th century—the earlier name, still used in the USA, is solitaire (see sole).

单词	patience
释义	patience /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)ns / noun [mass noun] 1The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the rubbish I have run out of patience with* her... In my experience foreigners have no patience with this sort of thinking. I made a third phone call a few days later, but their patience with me was obviously running out. He is a decent hitter, has great patience at the plate and is defensively solid. Synonyms forbearance, tolerance, restraint, self-restraint, resignation, stoicism, fortitude, sufferance, endurance; calmness, composure, even temper, even-temperedness, equanimity, equilibrium, serenity, tranquillity, imperturbability, unexcitability, understanding, indulgence, lenience, kindness, consideration rare* longanimity, inexcitability perseverance, persistence, endurance, tenacity, diligence, assiduity, application, staying power, indefatigability, doggedness, determination, resolve, resolution, resoluteness, obstinacy, insistence, singleness of purpose, purposefulness, pertinacity 2British Any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one’s cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.One sister has already nabbed the food and cards, and is sitting playing patience. Phrases lose patience (or lose one's patience) Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati. Hospital patients have to have patience, and they sometimes suffer, so it is not surprising that the Latin word pati ‘to suffer’ is the root of both patience and patient (Middle English). People have maintained that patience is a virtue since the 14th century, though a Latin equivalent is recorded much earlier. As a card game patience dates from the early 19th century—the earlier name, still used in the USA, is solitaire (see sole). Rhymes impatience
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