| 单词 | tolerant |
| 释义 | tolerant (once / 810 pages) adj If you're tolerant it means that you accept people who are unlike you or put up with stuff you don't like. If you let your roommate play the same awful '80s mix over and over and don't say anything, you're probably a very tolerant person. Broad-minded and open thinking is a hallmark of tolerant behavior. An individual can be tolerant, and so can a community or a nation if it accepts people from lots of different cultures or backgrounds. We generally think of tolerance as a good thing, but that doesn't mean being tolerant is easy — not with so many family members, classmates, and colleagues around to annoy us. WORD FAMILYtolerant: intolerant, toleranter, tolerantly+/intolerance: intolerances/intolerant: intolerance, intolerantly USAGE EXAMPLES“What is really interesting here is why the authorities are so tolerant,” Verkhovsky said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) China’s middle class is increasingly less tolerant of the deadly air, and in December tens of thousands of “smog refugees” decamped to clearer skies. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Professor Smith joined campaigns for civil rights in the 1960s and for a more tolerant understanding of Islam in the 2000s. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj showing or characterized by broad-mindedness tolerant of his opponent's opinions Syn broad, large-minded, liberal broad-minded inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own 2adj showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others Syn|Ant charitable full of love and generosity patientenduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance unbigotednot opinionated intolerant unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion uncharitablelacking love and generosity bigotedblindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others rigid, strictincapable of compromise or flexibility 3adj showing the capacity for endurance injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving Syn patient of patient enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance 4adj tolerant and forgiving under provocation Syn kind forgiving inclined or able to forgive and show mercy 5adj able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress the plant is tolerant of saltwater these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided Syn resistant tolerable capable of being borne or endured |
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