patience
英 ['peɪʃ(ə)ns]
美 ['peʃns]
助記提示
1. 發音：陪生死(即：“陪你從生到死”的簡稱)。
中文詞源
patience 耐心，忍耐來自拉丁語pati,忍受，承受，詞源同passion,passive.即忍受力，忍耐，耐心。
英文詞源
- patience (n.)
- c. 1200, "quality of being willing to bear adversities, calm endurance of misfortune, suffering, etc.," from Old French pacience "patience; sufferance, permission" (12c.) and directly from Latin patientia "patience, endurance, submission," also "indulgence, leniency; humility; submissiveness; submission to lust;" literally "quality of suffering." It is an abstract noun formed from the adjective patientem (nominative patiens) "bearing, supporting; suffering, enduring, permitting; tolerant," but also "firm, unyielding, hard," used of persons as well as of navigable rivers, present participle of pati "to suffer, endure," from PIE root *pe(i)- "to damage, injure, hurt" (see passion).
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
Meaning "constancy in effort" is attested from 1510s. Meaning "card game for one person" is from 1816.
雙語例句
- 1. Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.
- 非暴力和忍耐是他們的信仰的核心原則。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her husband was sympathetic at first but his patience soon wore thin.
- 一開始她丈夫還抱以同情，可不久就失去耐心了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was exacting work and required all his patience.
- 工作很艱巨，需要他有極大的耐心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!
- 我已經受夠了——即使是聖人忍耐也是有限的！
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. We would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.
- 我們要感謝他們的耐心和理解。
來自柯林斯例句