Tolerance
['tɒl(ə)r(ə)ns] or ['tɑlərəns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of tolerating something.
(noun.) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions.
(noun.) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others.
編輯:特伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
(n.) The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
(n.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
班森編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Endurance, sufferance, toleration.
整理:彼得
例句/造句/用法:
- The novelis t's tolerance of Davy's enthusiasm soon passed into a clear recognition of his commanding genius. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In its incipience at least it is evident that the Royal Society was filled with the spirit of tolerance and co?pera tion, and was singularly free from the spirit of envy and faction. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- How gladly Gerty would have welcomed the ministry of healing: how willingly have soothed the sufferer back to tolerance of life! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- They professed tolerance, benevolence, love of truth. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Self-respect, self-tolerance even, what are they? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But, generally speaking, Edison is easy tolerance itself, with a peculiar weakness toward those who have the least right to make any demands on his time. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And it was this tolerance she mistrusted, not the fury. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I suppose it was mutual tolerance because the Austrians still kept a bridgehead further down the river. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- There seemed a certain impatient fury in him, all the while, and at the same time a great amusement in everything, and a final tolerance. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
編輯:珀尔