- If you are impatient, you don’t like to wait. Do you have a hard time teaching children new skills? Do grab the shoe and tie it yourself? You’re impatient.
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- adj. 焦躁的；不耐心的
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1. I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient.
我等了二十分钟，有点不耐烦了。
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2. Try not to be too impatient with her.
尽量别对她太没耐心。
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3. He waved them away with an impatient gesture.
他厌烦地挥手把他们打发走了。
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4. She was clearly impatient to leave.
她显然是迫不及待地想离开。
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5. impatient for change
急于求变
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6. impatient of criticism
不愿接受批评
- impatient (adj.) late 14c., from Old French impacient "impatient" (Modern French impatient), from Latin impatientem (nominative impatiens) "that cannot bear, intolerant, impatient," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + patiens "bearing, enduring" (see patience). Related: Impatiently.
im·pa·tient ★ / ɪmˈpeɪʃnt ; NAmE ɪmˈpeɪʃnt / adjective 1 ★ annoyed or irritated by sb/sth, especially because you have to wait for a long time 不耐烦的；没有耐心的 ◆ I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient. 我等了二十分钟，有点不耐烦了。 impatient(with sb/sth) ◆ Try not to be too impatient with her. 尽量别对她太没耐心。 impatient(at sth) ◆ Sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest. 萨拉对他们的缺乏兴趣的情况越来越不能忍耐了。 ◆ He waved them away with an impatient gesture. 他厌烦地挥手把他们打发走了。 2 ★ wanting to do sth soon; wanting sth to happen soon 急于；热切期待 impatientto do sth ◆ She was clearly impatient to leave. 她显然是迫不及待地想离开。 impatientfor sth ◆ impatient for change 急于求变 3 impatientof sb/sth ( formal) unable or unwilling to accept sth unpleasant （对不愉快的事）不能容忍，不愿接受 ◆ impatient of criticism 不愿接受批评 ▶ im·pa·tience / ɪmˈpeɪʃns ; NAmE ɪmˈpeɪʃns / noun [uncountable ] ◆ She was bursting with impatience to tell me the news. 她迫不及待地要告诉我这个消息。 im·pa·tient·ly / ɪmˈpeɪʃntli ; NAmE ɪmˈpeɪʃntli / adverb ◆ We sat waiting impatiently for the movie to start. 我们坐着，焦急地等待电影开演。 im·pa·tient / ɪmˈpeɪʃnt ; NAmE ɪmˈpeɪʃnt / im·pa·tience / ɪmˈpeɪʃns ; NAmE ɪmˈpeɪʃns / im·pa·tient·ly / ɪmˈpeɪʃntli ; NAmE ɪmˈpeɪʃntli /
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