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Picture someone whose waiting has run out — tapping a foot, checking the clock, unable to sit still. The same restlessness points two different ways: sour when the delay is someone else's fault, bright when what you are waiting for is something you want.
可以想成：一個人心裡那條「還能等」的線已經用完了——腳在抖、一直看時鐘、坐不住。同樣是坐不住，方向可以有兩種：如果讓…更多收起
可以想成：一個人心裡那條「還能等」的線已經用完了——腳在抖、一直看時鐘、坐不住。同樣是坐不住，方向可以有兩種：如果讓你等的是別人的拖延，那股情緒是煩躁；如果你等的是一件好事，那股情緒就變成期待。判斷方向最快的方法是看介系詞：impatient with 通常是煩，impatient for / to 通常是等不及。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
impatientadj/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
- 1
Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
- She dances when she becomes impatient.
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
- 2
Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
- For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]
- 3
obsoleteNot to be borne; unendurable.
- Dismayed with so defperate deadly wound, And eke impatient of unwonted payne, He lowdly bray'd with beastly yelling sownd
- 4
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
- impatient speeches or replies
- What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。