1 N-UNCOUNT 容忍;耐心;忍耐力 If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do. 容忍;耐心;忍耐力
2 N-UNCOUNT 单人纸牌游戏 Patience is a card game for only one player. 单人纸牌游戏 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 solitaire
3 PHRASE 考验…的耐心;使忍无可忍 If someone tries your patience or tests your patience, they annoy you so much that it is very difficult for you to stay calm. 考验…的耐心;使忍无可忍
Quotations
Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience Comte de Buffon
Patience is the virtue of an ass Lord Lansdowne
They also serve who only stand and wait John Milton Sonnet on his Blindness
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