1. 1/ˈtɑːlərəns/ · /ˈtɒlərəns/容忍、包容;(藥物/工程)耐受度、公差

    Tolerance is the ability to accept or allow something you might not like or agree with, such as other people's beliefs or lifestyles. In medicine, tolerance means your body has gotten used to a drug so it has less effect; in engineering, tolerance is the allowed amount a part's size can vary.

    示範例句 · Example

    The school teaches tolerance towards students from every background.

    逐字這所學校教導對來自每一種背景的學生的包容。

    常見搭配

    • religious tolerance

      宗教包容

      letting people follow different religions freely

      The country has a long history of religious tolerance.

    • racial tolerance

      種族包容

      treating people of all races fairly and without hostility

      The festival was created to build racial tolerance in the city.

    • show tolerance (of/towards)

      表現出包容

      to act in a way that allows others to be different

      He showed great tolerance towards people who disagreed with him.

    • zero tolerance

      零容忍

      a rule of always punishing a certain behaviour, with no exceptions

      The school has a zero tolerance policy on bullying.

    • an attitude of tolerance

      包容的態度

      a general way of thinking that allows difference

      The school encourages an attitude of tolerance towards all people.

core核心畫面

組成Built from tolerate/tolerant with the ending -ance, which turns it into a noun naming the quality.

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同家族的字

複數 tolerances

原始詞典資料7 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。

tolerancenoun/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/

  • 1

    obsoleteThe ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

  • 2

    The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

    • Near-synonym: forbearance
    • Both [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and [David] Ben-Gurion also wrote songs of praise to the Ottoman Empire, its tolerance toward ethnic minorities in general — and to Jews in particular — as well as to the democratic changes it was undergoing.
  • 3

    The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

  • 4

    The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

    • Since he hadn't had any alcohol in years, his tolerance was very low, and it only took two drinks for him to get sloshed.
  • 5

    The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

    • Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.
  • 6

    The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

toleranceverb/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/

  • 1

    To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.

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