1 N-UNCOUNT 宽容;容忍 Tolerance is the quality of allowing other people to say and do as they like, even if you do not agree or approve of it. 宽容;容忍 [approval]
SYN broad-mindedness, charity, sympathy, patience
2 N-UNCOUNT [n NOUN] 忍耐(力);忍受(力) Tolerance is the ability to bear something painful or unpleasant. 忍耐(力);忍受(力)
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There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.
对疼痛的忍耐力降低了,对感染的抵抗力也减弱了。
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...a low tolerance of errors. [+ of]
对错误的低容忍度
3 N-VAR 耐受性 If someone or something has a tolerance to a substance, they are exposed to it so often that it does not have very much effect on them. 耐受性
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As with any drug taken in excess, your body can build up a tolerance to it. [+ to]
和过量服用任何其他药物一样,身体会对它产生耐药性。
SYN resistance, immunity, resilience, non-susceptibility
Quotations
Live and let live J.C.F. Schiller Wallenstein's Camp
Tolerance is only another name for indifference W. Somerset Maugham
Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition Goethe
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