impatience 是一个名词,意思是"不耐烦;急躁;焦急",指无法平静等待或忍受某事的状态。
/ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
She tapped her fingers on the table with impatience.
她不耐烦地用手指敲着桌子。
His growing impatience with the slow pace of reform eventually led him to take matters into his own hands.
他对改革缓慢步伐日益增长的焦躁,最终促使他决定亲自采取行动。
该词源自拉丁语 impatientia,由前缀 im-(表示"不、非")和 patientia(意为"忍耐、耐心")组合而成。patientia 又来自动词 pati,意思是"忍受、承受"。这个词经由古法语传入英语,最早出现于14世纪左右,用来描述一种无法忍受等待或延迟的情绪状态。