patience
/ˈpeɪʃəns/noun
mass noun
1
- the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset忍耐, 容忍; 耐心; 耐性：
you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross.
如果你有耐心仔细筛选这些垃圾货的话是能够发现一些便宜货的。
2
- chiefly Brit. any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences〈主英〉单人纸牌戏。
短语
lose patience（或lose one's patience）
- become unable to keep one's temper发脾气：
even Laurence finally lost patience with him.
即使是劳伦斯最后也对他发了脾气。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati.