1 to allow or accept sth that you do not like or agree with 容忍,接受(自己不喜欢或不同意的事物):
In a democracy we must tolerate opinions that are different from our own.在民主社会里我们必须容忍不同的意见。
2 to accept or be able to deal with sb/sth unpleasant without complaining 忍受(令人不快的人或事物):
The noise was more than she could tolerate.她不能忍受那噪音。 ➔toleration /ˌtɒləˈreɪʃn ||; ˌtɑləˈreʃən/=TOLERANCE
tolerate/ˋtɑlə͵ret; ˈtɒləreIt/v [T] 1 to accept or allow something, especially something that you do not like or approve of [→ stand] 容忍﹔容许﹔宽容〔某事物〕: I will not tolerate this sort of behaviour. 我不会容许这种行为。2 to not be harmed by something 能经受﹐能承受: plants that will tolerate all kinds of weather conditions 能经受各种天气情况的植物 —toleration /͵tɑləˋreʃən; ˌtɒləˈreIʃ$n/n [U]
toleratetoleratetoleratestoleratedtoleratingverb (tolerates, tolerating, tolerated)to let people do something even though you do not like or understand it: He won't tolerate rudeness.