• adj. 焦躁的；不耐心的

im-,不，非，patient,耐煩的。

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.

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。

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2. The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.

大牌俱樂部對緩慢的進展越來越不耐煩了。

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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？

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4. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents' Association.

“社區居民開始不耐煩了，”居民協會的一位代表說。

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5. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme.

對于那些反對該方案的人，他表現得很不耐煩。

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