1impatient (at sth/with sb) not able to stay calm and wait for sb/sth; easily annoyed by sb/sth that seems slow 不耐烦的:
The passengers are getting impatient at the delay.乘客对这次延误越来越不耐烦。It's no good being impatient with small children.对小孩子光着急没有用。 [OPP] patient 反义词为patient
2impatient for/to do sth wanting sth to happen soon 迫不及待:
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。 ➔impatiencenoun [U]:
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。 ➔impatientlyadv
impatient/Imˋpeʃənt; ImˈpeIʃ$nt/adj 1 annoyed because of delays or mistakes that make you wait 不耐烦的﹐急躁的: The passengers were becoming impatient . 乘客们开始急躁起来。+with He gets impatient with the kids. 他对孩子没有耐心。see box at见 CHARACTER 方框2 wanting to do something as soon as possible 迫不及待的: impatient to do sth Gary was impatient to leave. 加里急着要离开。 —impatience n [U] —impatiently adv
impatientadjectivenot wanting to wait for something: Don't be so impatient! The bus will be here soon.oppositepatient▶ impatiencenoun (no plural): He couldn't hide his impatience.▶ impatientlyadverb: ‘Hurry up!’ she said impatiently.