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 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。
• His impatience found a vent.
  他的不耐烦得到了一个发泄的机会。
• Hurry up, your father is beginning to fidget, ie show signs of impatience.
  快点，你父亲有些不耐烦了。
• After hearing this, he made a movement of impatience.
  听了这话，他做了个不耐烦的动作。
• Behind his calm there's an impatience to unify this country and to get on with the future.
  在他的镇定后面是为了统一我们国家和赢得未来的急躁。
• 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。
• 'Christ! Marshall, go and talk to somebody else,'cried Gerald, with sudden impatience.
  “行了！马歇尔，去跟别人聊吧。”杰拉德突然不耐烦地叫道。
• He too could do with a little "seething impatience".
  他可能也需要一点儿“不耐烦的躁动”。
• Harry could hear the impatience in her voice.
  哈里能听出她声音的不耐烦。