c. 1200, "quality of being willing to bear adversities, calm endurance of misfortune, suffering, etc.," from Old French pacience "patience; sufferance, permission" (12c.) and directly from Latin patientia "patience, endurance, submission," also "indulgence, leniency; humility; submissiveness; submission to lust;" literally "quality of suffering." It is an abstract noun formed from the adjective patientem (nominative patiens) "bearing, supporting; suffering, enduring, permitting; tolerant," but also "firm, unyielding, hard," used of persons as well as of navigable rivers, present participle of pati "to suffer, endure," from PIE root *pe(i)- "to damage, injure, hurt" (see passion).
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
Meaning "constancy in effort" is attested from 1510s. Meaning "card game for one person" is from 1816.
中文解释
1. 发音：陪生死(即：“陪你从生到死”的简称)。
实用例句
1. Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.
非暴力和忍耐是他们的信仰的核心原则。
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2. Her husband was sympathetic at first but his patience soon wore thin.
一开始她丈夫还抱以同情，可不久就失去耐心了。
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3. It was exacting work and required all his patience.
工作很艰巨，需要他有极大的耐心。
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4. I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!
我已经受够了——即使是圣人忍耐也是有限的！
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5. We would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.