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| /ɪmˈpeɪʃnt/ |
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| 1 | annoyed because something is not happening as quickly as you want or in the way you want 不耐烦的；没有耐性的 |
| ‘Come on!’ said Maggie, becoming impatient. “赶快！”玛吉说道，同时变得不耐烦起来。 |
| +with He gets impatient with people who don’ t agree with him. 他对于与他有分歧的人会很不耐烦。 |
| | 1a | +ofannoyed by something bad and not willing to accept it 无法忍受的；厌烦的 | | We became impatient of the slow progress that was being made. 我们对缓慢的进度开始感到厌烦。 | |
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| 2 | wanting something to happen as soon as possible 热切的；焦急的 |
| impatient to do sth After a couple of days, she was impatient to get back to work. 几天后，她就急着要回去工作。 |
| +for They were impatient for news of their father. 他们急于得到父亲的消息。 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| impatiently adv |
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