Word · Frequency #9012
impatience
不耐烦；急躁；渴望
核心释义
The state of being unable or unwilling to wait; restlessness or irritation caused by delay, along with eagerness to begin something.
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不耐烦的品质；缺乏耐心；对延误的烦躁和不容忍；焦虑和渴望,尤指急于开始某事。
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
不耐烦的品质；缺乏耐心；对延误的烦躁和不容忍；焦虑和渴望,尤指急于开始某事。；性急；难耐；焦急；急躁
用法In use
Her impatience with the slow internet connection was increasing.
用法提示：名词 impatience 表示对某事感到不耐烦的状态。
The children's impatience for the school trip to begin was evident.
用法提示：名词 impatience 表示急切期待的情感。
He tried to hide his impatience while waiting in line.
用法提示：名词 impatience 表示在等待时的急躁情绪。
impatience with sb/sth
表示对某人或某事不耐烦。
She showed impatience with the slow service.
她对缓慢的服务表现出不耐烦。
impatience to do sth
表示急于做某事。
His impatience to leave was obvious.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- growing impatience
- 日益增长的不耐烦
- The growing impatience of the crowd was evident.人群日益增长的不耐烦是显而易见的。
- show impatience
- 表现出不耐烦
- She showed her impatience by sighing loudly.她大声叹气，表现出不耐烦。
- with impatience
- 不耐烦地
- He waited with impatience for the results.他不耐烦地等待结果。
- impatience with
- 对……的不耐烦
- His impatience with delay was obvious.他对延误的不耐烦是显而易见的。
- frustrated impatience
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把impatience拆成im（无）+ patience（耐心），脑中浮现一个不耐烦的人不停看表的情景。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、文学作品、心理学描述 通常用于中性语域，既常见于日常口语，也适用于书面表达，如文学或心理描述。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only "patience" fully rhymes (same stressed vowel /eɪ/ and following /ʃəns/). Other "-ience" words like "conscience" (/kɑːnʃəns/), "science" (/saɪəns/), "experience" (/ɪkˈspɪriəns/), "obedience" (/oʊˈbiːdiəns/), "audience" (/ˈɔːdiəns/) have different vowel sounds; be cautious of spelling-sound mismatches.
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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