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impatient

英 [ɪm'peɪʃ(ə)nt] 美[ɪm'peʃnt]

英英释义同义词辨析考试真题实用场景例句

近义词intolerant unquiet anxious uneasy nervous eager fidgety restless

反义词

adj. 焦躁的；不耐心的

CET4TEM4考研CET6中低频词常用词汇

词态变化

比较级: more impatient;最高级: most impatient;副词: impatiently;名词: impatience;

中文词源

impatient 不耐烦的

im-,不，非，patient,耐烦的。

英文词源

impatient (adj.): late 14c., from Old French impacient (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 (see patience). Related: Impatiently.

双语例句

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。

3. It's true she gets madly impatient with him, but what mother doesn't?: 她确实对他极其不耐烦，但哪个母亲不是这样呢？

4. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents' Association.: “社区居民开始不耐烦了，”居民协会的一位代表说。

5. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme.: 对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。