• n. 耐性，耐心；忍耐，容忍

來自拉丁語pati,忍受，承受，詞源同passion,passive.即忍受力，忍耐，耐心。

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.

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。

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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。

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3. It was exacting work and required all his patience.

工作很艱巨，需要他有極大的耐心。

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4. I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!

我已經(jīng)受夠了——即使是圣人忍耐也是有限的！

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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。

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