tolerant
/ˈtɒlərənt/adjective
1
- showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with忍受的; 容忍的, 宽容的, 宽恕的：
we must be tolerant of others
我们得有容人之量
a more tolerant attitude towards other religions.
对其他宗教更加宽容的态度。
2
- (of a plant, animal, or machine) able to endure specified conditions or treatment（植物、动物或机器）能耐的, 耐（受）性的：
rye is reasonably tolerant of drought
黑麦相当耐旱
in combination fault-tolerant computer systems.容错计算机系统。
派生词
tolerantly
adverb （限义项1）词源
late 18th cent.: from French tolérant, present participle of tolérer, from Latin tolerare （see TOLERATE）. Compare with earlier INTOLERANT.