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resignation noun
⇨ patience 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 |