im·pa·tient
adjective/ɪmˈpeɪʃnt/
/ɪmˈpeɪʃnt/
- annoyed by somebody/something, especially because you have to wait for a long time
不耐烦的；没有耐心的 - I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient.
我等了二十分钟，有点不耐烦了。 - The children were growing impatient.
孩子们越来越不耐烦了。 - impatient with somebody/something Try not to be too impatient with her.
尽量别对她太没耐心。 - impatient at something Sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest.
他们缺乏兴趣，萨拉对此越来越不能忍耐了。 - An impatient driver behind me sounded his horn.
我后面的一个司机不耐烦了, 按响了喇叭。 - He waved them away with an impatient gesture.
他厌烦地挥手把他们打发走了。
Extra Examples- Sometimes he is very impatient with his students.
有时他对学生很不耐烦。 - She's getting impatient with the delays.
她对延误感到不耐烦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- at
- for
- …
- I'd been waiting for twenty minutes and I was getting impatient.
- wanting to do something soon; wanting something to happen soon
急于；热切期待 - impatient to do something She was clearly impatient to leave.
她显然是迫不及待地想离开。 - impatient for something impatient for change
急于求变
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- at
- for
- …
- impatient to do something She was clearly impatient to leave.
- impatient of somebody/something (formal) unable or unwilling to accept something unpleasant
（对不愉快的事）不能容忍，不愿接受 - impatient of criticism
不愿接受批评
- impatient of criticism
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘lacking patience’ and ‘unbearable’): via Old French from Latin impatient- ‘not bearing, impatient’, from in- ‘not’ + pati ‘suffer, bear’ .