patience
n. 容忍; 毅力; 單人紙牌遊戲
If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do.
He doesn't have the patience to wait...
他沒有耐心等待。
It was exacting work and required all his patience.
工作很艱鉅,需要他有極大的耐心。
Patience is a card game for only one player.
He would often sit and play patience.
他常常坐著玩單人紙牌遊戲。
If someone tries your patience or tests your patience, they annoy you so much that it is very difficult for you to stay calm.
He tended to stutter, which tried her patience...
他老結巴,這叫她難以忍受。
I feel that she would try the patience of a saint.
我覺得聖人都能被她逼瘋。
1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
2. a card game played by one person
patience, endurance
這兩個名詞均含"忍耐,耐心"之意。
lose patience (或 lose one's patience)
發脾氣
The old granny talked endlessly, but we listened to her with great patience.
老奶奶叨絮不休, 不過我們還是耐心地聽著.
Even mother's patience was wearing thin.
甚至連母親都漸漸變得不耐煩了.
My patience is not inexhaustible.
我的忍耐是有限的.
I haven't the patience to hear your complaints again.
我沒耐性再聽你的抱怨.
He possessed his soul in patience.
他耐心等待.