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单词

impatient

读音
ɪmˈpeɪʃnt
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词根

"Impatient"的词根是"Patience"(耐心),前缀 "im-" 表示否定。所以这个词的意思就是指“没有耐心的”。

释义

adj. 焦躁的;不耐心的 [ 比较级 more impatient 最高级 most impatient ]

例句

They were impatient at the delay.
他们对拖延不耐烦了。
He darted Vicky an impatient look.
他不耐烦地瞥了维基一眼。
She was clearly impatient to leave.
她显然是迫不及待地想离开。

强化记忆

你可以尝试将 "impatient"和 "patient"一起记忆,它们是反义词, "im-" 是一个常见的否定前缀,通过联想记忆,记住"im-"表示否定,所以 "impatient" 是不耐烦的。"Impatient"这个词,源自法语的 "impatient", 来源于拉丁文 "impatientem", 它是由"im-"(否定)和"pati"(遭受)构成, 意思时"不能承受的"。

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But all these things take time.And I'm impatient.
In this scenario, nobody's listening to anybody.We're becoming impatient.We don't want oratory anymore; we want sound bites.
I can understand that impatience.I am impatient too.But I still believe that we are better off not ignoring this industry.
"It's not time," they said.The dream grew impatient,broke water, extracted from its mother in a bed of wrecked strawberries.
After several months of waiting,the neighbor became very impatient,and he demanded that he be paid back.
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