喜樂美語
  1. 1rB2/ˈpeɪʃəntli/耐心地

    In a way that shows you can wait calmly for a long time, or that you can accept a difficulty or someone's behaviour without becoming angry.

    示範例句 · Example

    Ren waited patiently for his turn while the younger kids finished on the swings.

    逐字阿仁耐心地等待他的輪次，同時比較小的孩子們在鞦韆上玩完。

    「patiently」講的是做一件事時「是什麼樣子」——等待、聽、教的時候，心裡不急，也不動氣。它涵蓋兩種情況：一種是等很久也不焦躁（waited patiently for the bus），另一種是碰到麻煩的事、或別人做了有點煩人的舉動，你也不生氣（listened patiently to the same question again）。跟 quietly 容易搞混：quietly 只是說沒有發出聲音，patiently 說的是不催、不惱。可以想成這個字是從拉丁文 pati「承受、撐住」長出來的——有耐心就是「撐得住」；同一個字根也長出了名詞 patient（病人），所以兩個字長得一模一樣。

    常見搭配

    • wait patiently (for something)

      耐心地等（某事物）

      to wait without becoming restless or annoyed

      He waited patiently for Katherine to speak.

    • listen patiently (to somebody)

      耐心地聽（某人說）

      to keep listening calmly, even when it takes a long time or is hard work

      The nurse listened patiently to every question Leo's mum had.

    • patiently explain something

      耐心地解釋某事

      to explain something calmly, often more than once

      Mr Wu patiently explained the rules of the game twice.

    • sit/stand patiently

      耐心地坐著／站著等

      to stay sitting or standing calmly while you wait

      The dog sat patiently by the door until Zoe found the lead.

    意思相近

    calmlyuncomplaininglytolerantlysteadily

    意思相反

    impatientlyrestlesslyirritably

core核心畫面

Someone waiting while nothing happens — the bus is late, the queue does not move, the other person keeps repeating themselves — and their face stays calm. The pressure is there; it just does not come out.

一個人坐在那裡等，而事情遲遲不動：公車不來、隊伍不前進、對面的人第三次把同一句話講完。他的臉是平的，肩膀是鬆的，沒有嘆氣也沒有看錶。壓力其實在，只是沒有翻出來。這個字描述的不是「不在意」，而是「在意，但撐得住」——所以它總是掛在一個動作旁邊，說明那個動作是用什麼樣的心情做的。

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意思相近

calmlyuncomplaininglytolerantlysteadily

意思相反

impatientlyrestlesslyirritably

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

patientlyadv/ˈpeɪʃəntli/

  • 1

    In a patient manner.

    • "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it."
    • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

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