单词 | tolerate |
释义 | toleratetolerate /ˈtɑləˌreɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1to allow people to do, say, or believe something without criticizing or punishing them: Such behavior will no longer be tolerated. Mom tolerated Dad’s smoking.► see thesaurus at allow2to accept something bad or difficult, even though you do not like it: He could not tolerate prison life.THESAURUSaccept – to agree or deal with a situation you do not like but cannot change: It was very hard to accept my father’s death.stand – to be able to accept or deal well with a difficult situation: It was so noisy in there that I could hardly stand it.put up with something – to accept someone’s annoying behavior, without trying to stop it or change it: I don’t know how you put up with her constant complaining.live with something – to accept a bad situation as a permanent part of your life that you cannot change: Stress is just something you have to learn to live with in this job.3to treat someone you do not like in a polite but unfriendly way when you have to spend time together: The other women tolerated her.4medicine if you tolerate a particular medicine, it does not have a bad effect on your body; if a person or a person's body can tolerate a drug or other substance, or a particular environment, the substance does not make him or her sick: The medication is well tolerated by most patients.5science, biology if a plant tolerates particular weather or soil conditions, it can live in them: We chose plants that could tolerate sandy soil. |
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