ADJECTIVE | VERB + PATIENCE | PATIENCE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤endless, great, infinite極大的耐心;無止境的容忍➤little沒多少耐心◇I have little patience with fundamentalists of any kind.我對任何派別的原教旨主義者都沒有多少耐心。VERB + PATIENCE➤exercise, have, show運用/擁有/表現出耐心◇They thanked him for showing so much patience.他們感謝他如此有耐心。➤lack缺乏耐心▸➤be out of, lose, run out of失去耐心◇It is clear that they are out of patience with me.很顯然,他們已經對我失去耐心。◇We eventually ran out of patience with him.我們對他終於忍無可忍。➤keep保持耐心◇I find it hard to keep my patience with them.我發現很難對他們保持耐心。➤demand, need, require, take要求有忍耐力;需要耐心◇Above all, fishing requires great patience.最重要的是,釣魚需要極大的耐心。➤exhaust, strain, stretch, tax, test, try耗盡耐心;使忍無可忍◇The children were beginning to try my patience.孩子們開始讓我忍無可忍了。➤counsel, preach (especially NAmE) 勸告要有耐心;宣揚忍耐◇His advisers are trying to counsel patience.他的顧問們正努力勸告他要有耐心。PATIENCE + VERB➤be exhausted, run out, snap, wear thin耐心耗盡;耐心突然失去;耐心逐漸消失◇Meg could see Kirk's patience was running out, so she shut up.梅格可以看出柯克先生正在逐漸失去耐心,於是她閉上了嘴。◇Her patience snapped and she walked out.她一下子失去了耐心,走了出去。➤be rewarded耐心得到回報◇Our patience was finally rewarded and we got the band's autographs.我們耐心等待,終於得到了樂隊的簽名。PREPOSITION➤with patience耐心地◇She listened with infinite patience to his excuses.她極其耐心地聽着他的辯解。➤patience for對⋯的耐心◇He has little patience for people who don't work.他對不工作的人沒什麼耐心。➤patience with對⋯的耐心◇The fans were losing patience with the team.球迷們逐漸對球隊失去了耐心。PHRASES➤the patience of a saint聖人般的耐心◇These endless meetings are enough to tax the patience of a saint.這些沒完沒了的會議連聖人也無法忍受。
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