impatience

CET-4 大学 FREQ #25224

n. 性急, 难耐, 焦急, 急躁

发音

其它 /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/

词形变化

impatiences 复数 impatiences

教材释义与例句

名词

急躁；无耐心

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

restlessness

反义词 1

patience

上位词 7

irritation annoyance restlessness fidget botheration fidgetiness vexation

下位词 1

intolerance

词源

Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.

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