tolerant

tolerant
adjective
  1. showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with
    忍受的；容忍的，宽容的，宽恕的
    we must be tolerant of others.
    我们得有容人之量。
    a more tolerant attitude towards other religions.
    对其他宗教更加宽容的态度。
  2. (of a plant, animal, or machine) able to endure specified conditions or treatment
    （植物、动物或机器）能耐的，耐（受）性的
    rye is reasonably tolerant of drought.
    黑麦相当耐旱。
    [in combination]fault-tolerant computer systems.
    容错计算机系统。
派生
tolerantly
adverb
  1. （限义项1）
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from French tolérant, present participle of tolérer, from Latin tolerare (see tolerate). Compare with earlier intolerant
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