patient

patient
adjective
  1. able to wait without becoming annoyed or anxious
    有耐心的
    be patient, your time will come.
    耐心点,你会有机会的!。
    ■slow to lose one's temper with irritating people or situations
    忍耐的,容忍的
    he was always kindly, patient, and considerate.
    他一直很和善,有耐性,很体贴人。
noun
  1. a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment
    (治疗中或已挂号接受治疗的)病人
  2. (Linguistics)the semantic role of a noun phrase denoting something that is affected or acted upon by the action of a verb
    (语言学)受动者,承受者
派生
patiently
adverb
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati
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