impatient
英 [?m'pe??(?)nt]
美[?m'pe?nt]
- adj. 焦躁的；不耐心的
CET4TEM4考研CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?more impatient;最高級:?most impatient;副詞:?impatiently;名詞:?impatience;
中文詞源
impatient 不耐煩的
im-,不，非，patient,耐煩的。
英文詞源
- impatient (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French impacient (Modern French impatient), from Latin impatientem (nominative impatiens) "that cannot bear, intolerant, impatient," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + patiens (see patience). Related: Impatiently.
雙語例句
- 1. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another.
- 一個小時、兩個小時過去了，他不耐煩了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
- 大牌俱樂部對緩慢的進(jìn)展越來越不耐煩了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It's true she gets madly impatient with him, but what mother doesn't?
- 她確實對他極其不耐煩，但哪個母親不是這樣呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents' Association.
- “社區(qū)居民開始不耐煩了，”居民協(xié)會的一位代表說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme.
- 對于那些反對該方案的人，他表現(xiàn)得很不耐煩。
來自柯林斯例句