被拖住的煩躁
等不下去的畫面往負面走：擋在前面的是慢吞吞的人或事，情緒是被拖住的惱火。
impatiently, annoyed · adjective · B2
in a way that shows you are annoyed because you are being kept waiting, or because someone is being slow or making mistakes.
不耐煩地
核心畫面
You can think of it as the way someone acts when waiting has become unbearable — the body will not sit still: tapping, sighing, at the clock, pushing against the delay.
一個人再也等不下去的樣子。時間還沒到、事情還沒發生，但這個人的身體已經先動了起來——手指在桌上敲、腳一直抖、頭一直轉…更多收起
一個人再也等不下去的樣子。時間還沒到、事情還沒發生，但這個人的身體已經先動了起來——手指在桌上敲、腳一直抖、頭一直轉去看門口、嘴裡發出一聲嘆氣。impatient 的字面是「不能忍受」，加上 -ly 就變成「用那種忍不住的方式去做某件事」。關鍵在於：這個字描述的不是心裡想什麼，而是別人從外面看得到的樣子——語氣、動作、表情把那份等不下去洩漏出來。至於這份等不下去是往負面走（被拖到火大）還是往正面走（期待到坐不住），就要看等的是什麼；動作幾乎一模一樣，情緒卻是兩個方向。Two branches
等不及的期待
同一個等不下去的畫面往正面走：前方不是障礙而是好事，忍不住的是興奮而不是火氣。
eagerly, keenly · adjective · B2
in a way that shows you very much want something to happen soon and find the waiting hard, because you are excited about it.
迫不及待地
原始詞典資料1 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。
impatientlyadv/ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/
- 1
In an impatient manner.
- Stella was waiting impatiently for the delivery to come.
- He watched his corn impatiently for two days, and, as it did not come up, he thought he would plant it again with beans. He ought to have waited longer.
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。