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impatient

🇬🇧 UK/ɪm'peɪʃ(ə)nt/🇺🇸 US/im'peiʃәnt/
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Definitions

adj.

Unable to wait calmly; easily annoyed by delays; eagerly wanting something to happen.

不耐烦的,急躁的;急切的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
imnot, opposite of
+
patfeel, suffer, disease
+
ientsuffix
=impatient

Common Collocations

  • 1.impatient for急切期望
  • 2.impatient with对...不耐烦
  • 3.grow impatient变得不耐烦

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The impatient driver honked at every car in front of him.

  • 2.

    She became impatient after waiting for two hours at the doctor's office.

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