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patience noun
⇨ patience (show great patience) ⇨ lose patience ⇨ lose your temper patience noun patience ♦︎ tolerance ♦︎ resignationThese are all words for the ability or willingness to accept sb/sth annoying or difficult without complaining. 这些词均表示忍耐力、容忍。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆patience / tolerance for sb / sth◆with patience / tolerance / resignation◆great / infinite / little patience / tolerance◆to have / lack / require / show / exercise / learn patience / tolerance■ patience [uncountable] the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or sth annoying without complaining 耐心；忍耐力◆People have lost patience with the slow pace of reforms.改革的步伐缓慢，人们已经失去了耐心。◆I have run out of patience with her.我对她已失去耐心。◆The children were beginning to try my patience (= make it hard for me to remain patient).这些孩子开始让我受不了了。OPP impatience ⇨ restless see also patient ⇨ calm adj. ■ tolerance / /ˈtɒlərəns; NAmE ˈtɑːlərəns/ [uncountable] the willingness to accept sb/sth or allow sb to do sth, especially opinions or behaviour that you may not agree with, or people who are not like you 忍受；容忍；宽容◆She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind.她容不得开任何玩笑。◆She showed greater tolerance towards her younger sister than before.她对妹妹比以往更宽容了。◆He was a strong advocate of religious tolerance.他大力倡导宗教包容。◆Howard County has a zero tolerance policy on alcohol use by teenagers.霍华德县对青少年饮酒采取零容忍政策。OPP intolerance ⇨ discrimination see also tolerant ⇨ tolerant , tolerate ⇨ stand 2 ■ resignation /ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃn/ / [uncountable] the willingness to accept without complaining a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot change or prevent 顺从；听任◆They accepted their defeat with resignation.他们无可奈何，只能承认失败。 see also resign yourself to sth ⇨ accept lose your temper idiom lose your temper ♦︎ get angry ♦︎ get mad ♦︎ go mad ♦︎ lose patience ♦︎ go berserkThese expressions all mean to become angry or very angry and show this in the way you talk or behave. 这些词语均表示生气、发怒、大发脾气。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达生气的程度| lose patience | ➔ | lose your temper | ➔ | go mad | | | get angry | | go berserk | | | get mad | | |
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to lose your temper / get angry / get mad / lose patience with sb◆to lose your temper / get angry / get mad / go mad at sth◆to lose your temper / get angry over sth■ lose your ˈtemper idiom (lost, lost)to fail to control your anger 发脾气◆She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.她对一个顾客发脾气，冲着他大喊大叫。◆Try to ignore it. It's not worth losing your temper over.尽量别去理会，这不值得你发脾气。 OPP keep your temper see also temper ⇨ temper ■ get ˈangry idiom (getting, got, got; NAmE spoken getting, got, gotten)to become angry 发怒；生气◆Please don't get angry with me. I'm trying my best.请不要冲我发脾气，我在尽最大努力。NOTE 辨析 Lose your temper or get angry?If you lose your temper you show it in your behaviour, for example by shouting at sb. If you get angry, you might shout but the emphasis is more on your feelings and less on your behaviour. * lose your temper指在行为举止中表现出生气，如冲着某人大喊大叫；get angry也可能会喊叫，但其侧重点更多在情绪方面而非在行为举止上。■ get ˈmad idiom (getting, got, got; NAmE spoken getting, got, gotten) (NAmE, informal) to become angry 发怒；生气◆Please don't get mad at me.请不要冲我发脾气。◆He got mad and walked out.他愤然离去。■ go ˈmad idiom (goes, went, gone) (BrE, informal) to become very angry and fail to control your anger 非常生气；气炸了◆She went mad when I told her.我告诉她时，她非常生气。NOTE 辨析 Get mad or go mad? Get mad is the usual expression for 'to become angry' in informal American English. Go mad is British English and is a stronger expression, used when sb becomes very angry and shows it, for example by shouting. Go mad can also mean 'go crazy' or 'get very excited'. * get mad指生气或发怒，常用于非正式美式英语；go mad为英式英语，语气较强，指非常生气且表现出来，例如喊叫。go mad也可表示“发疯”或“欣喜若狂”。■ lose ˈpatience idiom (lost, lost)to become annoyed or angry 恼怒；生气；不耐烦◆People have lost patience with the slow pace of reform.改革步履缓慢，民众已失去耐心。■ go berserk idiom (goes, went, gone)to become very angry and fail to control your anger 盛怒；暴跳如雷◆He went berserk when he found out where I'd been.他弄清我去过什么地方之后勃然大怒。 |