tolerate: [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base *tol- ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15]. => extol
tolerate (v.)
1530s, of authorities, "to allow without interference," from Latin toleratus, past participle of tolerare (see toleration). Related: Tolerated; tolerating.
雙語例句
1. She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
她再也受不了自己的處境了.
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Party does not tolerate dissenters in its ranks.
該政黨不允許其成員中存在異見分子。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He does not tolerate anyone who mucks him about.