Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #7043
impatient
不耐烦的；急躁的；没有耐心的
核心释义
Restless or short-tempered because of delay or opposition; unable to tolerate waiting.
- 1.
焦躁不安、易怒且不能容忍延误的
Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
- 2.
在延迟或反对下不耐烦或急躁的
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
- 3.
焦虑而渴望的,尤其指开始或拥有某事物
Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
- 4.
(通常接“to”)充满渴望的
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
- 5.
由不耐烦引起或表现出不耐烦的
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
急于…的；渴望的；急切的；焦躁不安、易怒且不能容忍延误的；在延迟或反对下不耐烦或急躁的；焦虑而渴望的,尤其指开始或拥有某事物；(通常接“to”)充满渴望的
用法In use
The children became impatient while waiting for the bus.
用法提示：impatient作形容词，表示‘不耐烦的’，描述孩子们等待时的情绪状态。
My teacher grew impatient with my slow progress.
用法提示：impatient后接with表示‘对……不耐烦’，描述老师对学生进步缓慢的反应。
She was impatient to see the test results.
用法提示：impatient to do sth.表示‘急于做某事’，描述急切想看到结果的心情。
impatient with the slower students
impatient of criticism
impatient to begin
impatient with + noun/pronoun
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- impatient with
- 对…不耐烦
- She was impatient with the slow service.她对缓慢的服务不耐烦。
- get impatient
- 变得不耐烦
- He started to get impatient after waiting for an hour.等了一个小时后他开始变得不耐烦。
- impatient to
- 急于做某事
- The children were impatient to open their presents.孩子们急于打开他们的礼物。
- grow impatient
- 逐渐不耐烦
- As the meeting dragged on, the audience grew impatient.随着会议拖长，观众逐渐不耐烦。
- impatient for
- 急于得到
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
im-表示否定，patient是耐心，所以impatient就是没耐心。
语境与语域Context & Register
常用于日常交流，表达不耐烦的情绪；在正式场合也可用于描述急切的心情。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Patient and ancient rhyme with impatient (stressed /eɪ/). The -ficient words share the suffix /ʃənt/ but have different stressed vowel (/ɪ/).
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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