impatience

英 [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns]

美 [ɪmˈpeɪʃəns]

n.  急躁；无耐心；不耐烦

TEM8

BNC.9012 / COCA.11344

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不耐烦的;急躁的
  If you areimpatient, you are annoyed because you have to wait too long for something.
  1. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another...
     一个小时、两个小时过去了,他不耐烦了。
  2. The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
     大牌俱乐部对缓慢的进展越来越不耐烦了。
• ADJ-GRADED 易发火的;无耐心的
  If you areimpatient, you are easily irritated by things.
  1. Beware of being too impatient with others...
     注意不要对人不耐烦。
  2. He threw it aside with an impatient gesture and another oath and walked off.
     他不耐烦地把它扔到一边,又骂了一句,然后走开了。
• ADJ 迫不及待的;切望的;急不可耐的
  If you areimpatient todo something orimpatient forsomething to happen, you are eager to do it or for it to happen and do not want to wait.
  1. He was impatient to get home...
     他迫不及待想要回家。
  2. They are impatient for jobs and security.
     他们渴望得到工作，获取安全感。

英英释义

noun

• a dislike of anything that causes delay
• a restless desire for change and excitement
• a lack of patience
  Synonym:restlessness

双语例句

• I was all but dancing with impatience in the checkout line and sighed with exasperation.
  站在结账队伍里的我不耐烦的动来动去，恼怒的叹了口气。
• His impatience found a vent.
  他的不耐烦得到了一个发泄的机会。
• This fact interferes with developers '"agility" and impatience, of course.
  当然，这与开发人员的“敏捷性”和焦躁有关。
• I waited for my girl friend's call in great impatience.
  我很不耐烦的等待着女朋友的电话。
• Don't give into anger and impatience.
  同样不要愤怒和急躁。
• Chris watched me with some impatience.
  克里斯有些不耐烦地看着我。
• All these real and fictional stories inspire in me an odd mixture of compassion and impatience.
  所有这些真实和虚构的故事在我心中激起了一种同情与不耐烦杂糅的复杂感情。
• After hearing this, he made a movement of impatience.
  听了这话，他做了个不耐烦的动作。
• My impatience has show its heels to my politeness.
  我一急，也就顾不得礼貌了。
• He felt the secretary's impatience.
  他感觉到秘书的不耐烦。