- 1rB2
/ˈpeɪʃəntli/
In a way that shows you can wait calmly for a long time, or that you can accept a difficulty or someone's behaviour without becoming angry.
耐心地
核心畫面
Someone waiting while nothing happens — the bus is late, the queue does not move, the other person keeps repeating themselves — and their face stays calm. The pressure is there; it just does not come out.
一個人坐在那裡等,而事情遲遲不動:公車不來、隊伍不前進、對面的人第三次把同一句話講完。他的臉是平的,肩膀是鬆的,沒有…更多收起
一個人坐在那裡等,而事情遲遲不動:公車不來、隊伍不前進、對面的人第三次把同一句話講完。他的臉是平的,肩膀是鬆的,沒有嘆氣也沒有看錶。壓力其實在,只是沒有翻出來。這個字描述的不是「不在意」,而是「在意,但撐得住」——所以它總是掛在一個動作旁邊,說明那個動作是用什麼樣的心情做的。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。
patientlyadv/ˈpeɪʃəntli/
- 1
In a patient manner.
- "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it."
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
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。