| 釋義 |
patience /'peijns; 'pejans/ n [U] 1 (power of) enduring trouble, suffering, inconvenience, without complaining; ability to wait for results, to deal with problems calmly and without haste: 容忍; 忍耐; 耐心; 耐性; 忍耐力： I haven't the ~ to hear your complaints again. 我沒有耐心再聽你的抱怨。 She has no ~ with people who are always grumbling, cannot endure them. 她不能容忍那些常常發(fā)牢騒的人。 be out of ~ (with), be unable to endure further. 對…忍無可忍。 the ~of Job, very great ~: 極度而忍耐： His behaviour would try (=test) the ~ of Job. 他的行為考驗最有耐性的人 (意即：連最有耐性的人也無法忍受)。 2 (GB) kind of card game, usu for one player (US = solitaire). (英)一種一個人玩的紙牌游戲。 |