| 词组 | impatience |
| 释义 | impatience /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/ noun the feeling you have when you are annoyed because something has not happened or someone has not done something soon enoughadjectivesgrowing/mounting/increasing impatience He listened to her explanation with growing impatience.barely concealed impatience (=not really hiding your feelings) Helen frequently glanced at her watch with barely concealed impatience.verbscontrol your impatience also contain/curb your impatience formal You must learn to control your impatience.hide your impatience His mother was finding it increasingly difficult to hide her impatience.express/show/reveal impatience He expressed his impatience at the delay.prepositionsimpatience at sth He sighed with impatience at being made to wait.impatience with sb/sth Sometimes Joe was unable to hide his impatience with his staff and started shouting at them.with impatience She was waiting with impatience for her husband’s return.phrasesa note/hint of impatience (=a small amount) There was a hint of impatience in his voice. |
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