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- able to wait without becoming annoyed or anxious有耐心的：
be patient, your time will come.
耐心点, 你会有机会的！
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- slow to lose one's temper with irritating people or situations忍耐的, 容忍的：
he was always kindly, patient, and considerate.
他一直和善, 有耐性, 体贴人。
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- a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment（治疗中或已挂号接受治疗的）病人。
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- Linguistics the semantic role of a noun phrase denoting something that is affected or acted upon by the action of a verb【语言学】受动者, 承受者。
派生词
patiently
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati.