简明英汉词典

 patience
[5peiFEns]
n.
耐性, 忍耐

基本词义

 Patience
[5peiFEns]
n.
佩兴斯（女子名）

美国传统词典[双解]

 patience
pa.tience
AHD:[p3“sh…ns]
D.J.[6pei.*ns]
K.K.[6pe.*ns]
n.（名词）

(1)

 The capacity, quality, or fact of being patient.
耐心：忍耐的能力、品质或事实

(2)

 Chiefly British The game solitaire.
【多用于英国】 单人纸牌戏

参考词汇

(1)

 patience， long-suffering， resignation， forbearance

(2)

 These nouns all denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint.
这些名词都含有毫无怨言地忍受苦难、困难或不便的能力。

(3)

 Patience emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay:
Patience 强调宽容延迟的镇静、自制和意愿或能力：
“Our patience will achieve more than our force” (Edmund Burke).
“我们的耐力会远胜于我们的力量所能达到的” （埃德蒙德·伯克）。
“No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out” (Joseph Conrad).
“没有恐惧能比饥饿更可怕，任何耐力也难以克服饥饿” （约瑟夫·康拉德）。

(4)

 Long-suffering is long and patient endurance, as of wrong or provocation:
Long-suffering 指长久而有耐力地忍受如冤屈或挑衅等：
The general, a man by no means notable for docility and long-suffering, flew into a rage.
这位将军，一个从不会顺从或忍耐的人，变得暴跳如雷。

(5)

 Resignation implies an unresisting acceptance of or submission to something trying, as out of despair or necessity:
Resignation 指不反抗的接受或屈服于某一痛苦的事，如因为绝望或需要：
Too timorous to protest the disrespect with which she was being treated, the young woman could only accept it with resignation.
这个年轻的女人太懦弱了以致无力抗争她所遭受的不敬，她只能接受这一事实。

(6)

 Forbearance denotes restraint, as in retaliating, demanding what is due, or voicing disapproval or condemnation:
Forbearance 指抑制、忍耐，如在复仇、争取正确事物或表示反对或谴责中：
“It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other” (Patrick Henry).
“彼此施行基督徒的忍耐、爱和慈善是所有人相互的责任” （帕特里克·亨利）。
The parents showed remarkable forbearance toward their defiant and unruly son.
父母对儿子的桀骜不驯示以了极大宽容。

现代英汉词典

 patience
[5peIF(E)ns]
n.

(1)

 耐性；容忍；忍受；耐心
Have patience; the bus will come soon.
耐心点，公共汽车快来了。
Patience is a plaster for all sores.(谚)
忍耐可减轻一切痛苦。
We shall all remember Mr Page for his patience and understanding.
"我们大家都会记得,佩奇先生既耐心又体谅人。"

(2)

 单人纸牌游戏

基本词义

 Patience
[5peIFns]
n.
佩兴斯（女子名）

现代英汉综合大辞典

 patience
[5peiFEns]
n.

(1)

 忍耐, 容忍, 耐性, 忍耐力; 坚韧

(2)

 [英]单人纸牌戏
with patience
耐心地
Have patience!
忍耐一下!
My patience!
[口]啊呀! 啊!

习惯用语

 angelic patience (=the patience of Job)
极大的耐心

be out of patience with
对...忍无可忍

of all patience with
对...忍无可忍

enough to try the patience of a saint
圣人也忍受不了

have no patience with
对...不能容忍; 对...没有耐性

It would try the patience of a saint.
这样的行为[话]即使圣人也要发脾气。

tax sb.'s patience
要求某人有极大的耐心, 使得某人不耐烦

P-is a plaster for all sores.
忍耐可减轻一切痛苦。

patience on a monument
极有耐性的人

参考词汇
patience     endurance     fortitude     forbearance    
都含“忍耐”的意思。

(1)

 patience指“容忍痛苦、困难等的能力”, 如:
her patience with children
她对孩子的耐性。

(2)

 endurance指“忍受较长期、较严重痛苦、困难等的能力”, 如:
beyond [past] endurance
忍无可忍地。

(3)

 fortitude 指“在痛苦、危险、困难等前表现出的坚忍或刚毅”, 如:
the fortitude of the pioneers
开拓者的刚毅。

(4)

 forbearance指“强烈的克制或忍受而不反击”, 如:
He acted with forbearance toward the hecklers.
他对质问者表现出极大的克制。

基本词义

 Patience
[5peiFEns]
n.
佩欣丝(女子名)

用法词典

 patience
中古英语pacience<拉丁语patientia
英文相关词典

 patience
endurance    indulgence    perseverance    persistence    tolerance    impatience    

美国传统词典

 patience
pa.tience
AHD:[p3“sh…ns]
D.J.[6pei.*ns]
K.K.[6pe.*ns]
n.

(1)

 The capacity, quality, or fact of being patient.

(2)

 Chiefly British The game solitaire.

参考词汇

(1)

 patience, long-suffering, resignation, forbearance

(2)

 These nouns all denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint.

(3)

 Patience emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay:
“Our patience will achieve more than our force” (Edmund Burke).
“No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out” (Joseph Conrad).

(4)

 Long-suffering is long and patient endurance, as of wrong or provocation:
The general, a man by no means notable for docility and long-suffering, flew into a rage.

(5)

 Resignation implies an unresisting acceptance of or submission to something trying, as out of despair or necessity:
Too timorous to protest the disrespect with which she was being treated, the young woman could only accept it with resignation.

(6)

 Forbearance denotes restraint, as in retaliating, demanding what is due, or voicing disapproval or condemnation:
“It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other” (Patrick Henry).
The parents showed remarkable forbearance toward their defiant and unruly son.

朗文英汉综合电脑词典

 patience
容忍；忍耐性

英汉化学大词典

 patience
n.容忍,忍耐力,耐心

英汉计算机大词典

 patience
n.容忍(忍耐力,耐心)

英汉能源大词典

 patience
n.忍耐,容忍