| 釋義 |
patiencen.
1. endurance忍耐。
poor patience: silent endurance無言的忍耐。
△Oth.13.214: “But he bears both the sentence and the sorrow / That,to pay grief,must of poor patienceborrow.”i.e. But the poor condemned man must bothpay the penalty and suffer the sorrow. relying on hisown small stock of silent endurance. 但是只能用無言的忍耐來抵消悲痛的人卻要忍受判決和憂愁的雙重負擔。
2. indulgence. forbearance寬容，容忍。
△Mer.2.6.21:“Sweet friends,your patience for my long abode:” 好朋友們，請你們寬容我耽誤了這么久。
△Ado.5.1.102:“wake your patience.”懇求你們的寬容。
△Ado.5.1284(271):“I know not how to pray your patience，”我不知道如何請你原諒。
3. calmness in suffering. long-suffering 堅忍，委屈。
△Mid. 3.1.200(191): “I know your patience well. ”我很知道你有一肚子委屈。
4. self-control自制。
△Lr.4.3.18(16): “patience andsorrow strove / Who should express her goodliest.”i.e. Who would give her the most beautiful expres-sion. 節(jié)制和悲痛互相竟爭著誰能把她表現(xiàn)得最優(yōu)美。
△1H.IV.1.3.199: “Imagination of some greatexploit / Drives him beyond the bounds of patience.”想像中的偉大事業(yè)使他完全失去了抑制能力。
take patience: control yourself克制自己。
△Lr.2. 4140(138):“I pray you,sir,take patience.”大人，我請你要克制一些。
5. calmness. composure鎮(zhèn)靜，沉著。
△Mac.4.2.2:“You must have patience,madam.”你一定要鎮(zhèn)靜。
6. leave. permission. allowance 許可，允許，準許。
△Ham.3.2.113 (107):“they stay upon your pa-tience. ”他們正等候殿下的吩咐。
7. indulgence,leave,permission寬容，許可，準許。
△As.5.4.187(180):“Sir,by your patience.”i.e. excuse mea moment,please. (A request to the Duke that themusic should be stopped.) 先生，請準我說句話。(按：杰奎斯請求公爵將音樂暫停。)
△Tw.2.1.3: “By your pa-tience. no.” 不，請原諒。
△1H.VI.2.3.78: “But onlywith your patience,that we may / Taste of your wineand see what cates you have.”只求你允許我們能嘗一嘗你家的美酒佳肴。
△R.III.4.1.15:“By your patience. / Imay not suffer you to visit them.”請原諒，我不能允許你去見他們。
by your patience: with your permission請允許，請原諒。
△H.V.3.6.31(30): “By your patience,AunchientPistol. ”請原諒，皮斯多旗官。
Patience (cap.):
1. statue of Patience cut on a tomb. 在墳墓上刻的“忍耐”雕像。
△Tw.2.4.116(114):“She sate like Patience ona monument,/ Smiling at grief.”她坐在那里，對著悲哀微笑，像是墓碑上雕刻的“忍耐”的化身。
2. name of a gentlewoman of Queen Katherine忍耐，凱薩琳王后的一位侍女之名。
△H.VIII.4.2.o.s.d.:“EnterKatherine. Dowager,sick;led between Griffith,hergentleman usher. and Patience,her woman.”寡妃凱薩琳帶病上，由她的引導員葛利菲斯和她的侍女忍耐攙扶著。 patience[?pei??ns]n.耐心，忍耐（力）
◇be out of patience with對…耐不住
have no patience with不能容忍
try sb.’s patience惹某人生氣
‖ patient[?pei??nt]adj.耐心的 n.病人
◇patient of容許
patient role病人角色 |