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| /ˈpeɪʃns/ |
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| 1 | the ability to continue doing something for a long time without losing interest , especially something difficult 耐性；耐力 |
| need/require patience Wildlife photography requires a lot of patience. 拍摄野生动物需要很大的耐性。 |
| have the patience for sth Most people wouldn’ t have the patience for such painstaking work. 大部分人不会有耐力去从事那么辛苦的工作。 |
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| 2 | the ability to wait for a long time without becoming angry or upset 耐心 |
| have patience Have patience, he’ ll be there soon. 要有耐心，他很快就到那儿了。 |
| run out of patience (=to no longer have patience) After waiting for an hour, I was beginning to run out of patience. 失去耐心 |
| | 2a | the ability to accept situations you do not like without becoming angry or upset 忍耐（力） | | You need a lot of patience and understanding to be a good parent. 要当一名好家长，你需要极富耐性，且通情达理。 | | have no patience with sb/sth I’ m afraid I’ ve no patience with people like them. 恐怕我忍受不了像他们那样的人。 | | lose patience with sb/sth She was quickly losing patience with the whole wretched situation. 她很快就腻烦了这一团糟的局面。 | | the patience of a saint/of Job (=a lot of patience) You have to have the patience of a saint to work in a place like this. 圣人/约伯的耐心（非常有耐心） | |
| | 2b | to do something very annoying , so that someone else has to try very hard not to get angry with you 考验某人的耐心 | | Look, you’ re really trying my patience now; please stop making that noise! 听着，你可真是在考验我的耐性；请不要发出那样的噪音了。 | |
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| 3 | BRITISH a card game for one person in which you have to place the cards in a particular order 单人纸牌游戏 |
| Words frequently used with patience | | patience 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | endless, great, inexhaustible, infinite, unlimited, | 2 | | | |
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