1. 容忍;耐心;忍耐力 If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do.
e.g. He doesn't have the patience to wait... 他沒(méi)有耐心等待。 e.g. It was exacting work and required all his patience. 工作很艱巨,需要他有極大的耐心。
2. 單人紙牌游戲 Patience is a card game for only one player.
e.g. He would often sit and play patience. 他常常坐著(zhù)玩單人紙牌游戲。
in AM, use 美國英語(yǔ)用 solitaire
3. 考驗…的耐心;使忍無(wú)可忍 If someone tries your patience or tests your patience, they annoy you so much that it is very difficult for you to stay calm.
e.g. He tended to stutter, which tried her patience... 他老結巴,這叫她難以忍受。 e.g. I feel that she would try the patience of a saint. 我覺(jué)得圣人都能被她逼瘋。
patience英英釋義
noun
1. a card game played by one person
Synonym: solitaire
2. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence