impatient
/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/adjective
1
- having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked不耐烦的, 无耐心的, 急躁的：
an impatient motorist blaring his horn
一位不耐烦按着喇叭的司机
she was impatient with any restriction.
她对任何约束都很不耐烦。
1.1
- predic.
impatient of
intolerant of忍受不了的： a man impatient of bureaucracy.
忍受不了官僚主义的人。
2
- restlessly eager急于, 急切的：
they are impatient for change
他们急于求变
with infinitive he was impatient to be on his way.他急于上路。
派生词
impatience
nounimpatiently
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the senses 'lacking patience' and 'unbearable'）： via Old French from Latin impatient- 'not bearing， impatient'， from in- 'not' + pati 'suffer， bear'.