impatient
英 [?m'pe??(?)nt]
美[?m'pe?nt]
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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？
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句