impatience
[ɪm'peɪ.ʃənts] noun uncountable
■when you are annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait 不耐烦，无耐心•"Well, I have shown you how to do this before, " she said, unable to disguise her impatience.“唉，我已经教过你怎么做的，”她说道，掩饰不了自己的不耐烦。 •There's a growing impatience among the electorate with the old two-party system.选民对旧有的两党制日渐失去耐心。 ■when you want something to happen as soon as possible 切望；焦急•[+ to infinitive] He was already half an hour late which explains his impatience to leave.他已经迟了半小时，所以他急着要离开。 |