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patience/ˈpeiʃ(ə)ns/n. 1 calm endurance of hardship, provocation, pain, delay, etc. (对困苦、挑衅、痛苦、延误等的)容忍,忍耐 2 tolerant perseverance or forbearance 克制;坚持 3 the capacity for calm self-possessed waiting 忍耐性;忍受力 4 esp. Brit. a game for one player in which cards taken in random order have to be arranged in certain groups or sequences [尤英]单人纸牌戏(将无序的牌按一定的组合或顺序排好) □ have no patience with 1 be unable to tolerate 不能容忍,对…没有耐心 2 be irritated by 被…弄得恼火 [Middle English via Old French from Latin patientia (as PATIENT)] |