根据英汉大词典(中国青年出版社)655页的解释如下:
n.〔U〕1.(〔反〕impatience)忍耐(力);耐心;容忍:with~耐心地/his~in teaching他对教学的耐心/Have~!忍耐一下!/He had not the ~ to stay have so long. 他没有在此久呆的耐心.2.〔英〕单人纸牌戏 //be out of ~ with 对...耐不住 /have no ~with 不能容忍.../My ~!〔口〕哎呀!啊! /Patience is a plaster for all sores.〔谚〕忍耐可以减轻一切痛苦./ the ~ of job 极度的忍耐
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参考资料:英汉大词典