patience

英['pe??(?)ns] 美['pe?ns]

1. 發(fā)音：陪生死(即：“陪你從生到死”的簡稱)。

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。

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。

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。

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！

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。