impatient

[im'peiʃənt]

adj. 不耐烦的, 急躁的

a.

1. 无耐心的, 不耐烦的; 无法忍受的[(+of/at/with)]

He was very impatient with students who could not follow him.

他对听不懂他讲课的学生很不耐心。

2. 切盼的, 急欲的[F][(+for)][+to-v]

Philip was impatient to learn the news.

菲利浦急于想知道这个消息。

词形变化

副词: impatiently |

词义辨析

同义:

a.忍不住的; 焦虑不安的

restless  anxious  nervous  unquiet  uneasy  eager  intolerant  fidgety  

同义参见:

fussy  excitable  irritable  excited  desirous  testy  sensitive  

反义:

a.无耐心的

patient  

英英释义

形容词 impatient:

restless or short of temper under delay or opposition

(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness

同义词：raring

补充

impatientimpatient英:[imˈpeiʃənt] 美:[ɪmˈpeʃənt]adj.1.不耐烦的, 急躁的He gave another impatient glance at his watch.他又一次不耐烦地看了看他的表。Don't get impatient about trivial thing like that.不要为那种琐事烦躁。2.热切的, 急切的She's impatient for her father's arrival.她急切地盼望着父亲的到来。She was impatient to know what had happened to her son.她急于想知道她儿子出了什么事。

例句

1. She was impatient with the delay.她对这次推迟很不耐烦。 2. People are getting impatient.人们开始失去耐心。 3. Some countries are growing impatient with the slow pace of reform.一些国家对改革的速度之慢越来越不耐烦。 4. He threw it aside with an impatient gesture and walked off.他用一个不耐烦的手势把它扔到一边, 然后走开了。 5. He was ambitious and impatient for promotion.他雄心勃勃, 迫不及待要得到升迁。 6. They are impatient for jobs and security.他们非常渴望获得工作和安全感。 7. an impatient motorist blaring his horn.一位按着喇叭，毫不耐烦的司机。 8. she was impatient with any restriction.她对任何约束都很不耐烦。 9. a man impatient of bureaucracy.忍受不了官僚主义的人。 10. they are impatient for change.他们急于求变。 11. [with infinitive]he was impatient to be on his way.他急于上路。 12. The passengers are getting impatient at the delay.乘客对这次延误越来越不耐烦。 13. It's no good being impatient with small children.对小孩子光着急没有用。 14. By the time they are sixteen many young people are impatient to leave school.很多年轻人满十六岁时都迫不及待要离开学校。 15. He began to explain for the third time with growing impatience.他开始作第三次解释的时候，就越来越不耐烦了。 16. "After months of delays, customers are becoming/growing impatient."拖延了数月之后，顾客们开始不耐烦了。 17. Customers have grown impatient with/at the repeated delays.顾客们已经对一拖再拖感到不耐烦了。 18. “Aren't you ready yet?” “Don't be so impatient. There's no need to hurry.”“你还没准备好吗？”“别这么没耐心。不用着急。” 19. He was impatient for the departure of his flight.他焦急地等待航班起飞。 20. She was becoming more impatient for the opportunity to begin working.她变得更加急切地去寻找开始工作的机会。 21. She was impatient to leave.她迫不及待地想要离开。 22. an impatient answer/gesture/look不耐烦的回答/手势/表情 23. He sighed with impatience.他不耐烦地叹了口气。 24. Her impatience with/at the many delays was obvious.她对多次延误的不耐烦是显而易见的。 25. Her impatience to leave was obvious.很明显，她急于离开。 26. Customers are waiting impatiently for the delays to end.顾客们正在焦急地等待延误结束。