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be patient with sb/sth
You need to be patient with the children.
你需要对孩子们有耐心。
耐心的；能忍耐的
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耐心的；能忍耐的
willing to wait calmly or endure hardship without getting angry or upset
You need to be patient with the children.
你需要对孩子们有耐心。
愿意在必要时等待；等待时不发脾气。
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
坚持不懈地追求或努力；有恒心；冷静勤奋。
Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
能忍耐艰难处境而保持冷静的
enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
A good teacher must be patient with her students.
一位好老师必须对学生有耐心。
AI contextual example
He remained patient even after waiting for over an hour.
即使等了一个多小时，他仍然保持耐心。
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She was patient enough to listen to all my problems.
她非常有耐心，听完了我所有的问题。
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a patient smile
耐心的微笑
WordNet
You need to be patient with the children.
你需要对孩子们有耐心。
She was patient about the long wait.
她对漫长的等待很有耐心。
He was patient enough to listen to everyone's opinions.
他足够耐心地听取了每个人的意见。
She is patient in dealing with difficult customers.
她在处理难缠的顾客时有耐心。
Not this
He is patience.
Use this
He is patient.
“patience”是名词，而“patient”是形容词。在系动词“is”后应用形容词“patient”，而非名词“patience”。
Not this
She is patient to children.
Use this
She is patient with children.
形容词“patient”后接介词“with”表示“对……有耐心”，而非“to”。
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对……有耐心
Please be patient with me while I explain the problem.
请对我有耐心，让我解释这个问题。
保持耐心
Even when things go wrong, try to stay patient.
即使出了问题，也要尽量保持耐心。
耐心的倾听者
She is a patient listener who never interrupts.
她是一个耐心的倾听者，从不打断别人。
耐心的解释
The teacher gave a patient explanation of the rule.
老师对这个规则作了耐心的解释。
坚持不懈的努力
Learning a language requires patient effort over many years.
学一门语言需要多年坚持不懈的努力。
像约伯一样极其耐心的；非常能忍耐的
Even after waiting two hours, she remained as patient as Job with the doctor's office.
即使等了两个小时，她对诊所依然像约伯一样极有耐心。
对你心里所有未解之事保持耐心，并试着去爱那些问题本身。
Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet; a famous reminder that answers come when we can wait.
赖纳·玛丽亚·里尔克《给青年诗人的信》，常被引用的提醒：答案会在我们能够等待时到来。
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联想：病人（patient）住院需要耐心等待康复，所以 patient 作形容词表示“耐心的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、教育场景、职场沟通 该词为中性常用表达，没有明显的正式或非正式限制；通常用于描述人在等待或面对困难时保持冷静、不急躁的态度，在日常口语和书面语中都较常见。
通常用于形容人，后接介词with
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