Tolerant
['tɒl(ə)r(ə)nt] or ['tɑlərənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) showing the capacity for endurance; 'injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving'; 'a man patient of distractions' .
(adj.) able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; 'the plant is tolerant of saltwater'; 'these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided'; 'the new hybrid is more resistant to drought' .
(adj.) showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others .
贝莎整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
手打:谢莉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Forbearing, indulgent, large-minded
ANT:Intolerant, bigoted, extreme
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例句/造句/用法:
- I dare say I should be more tolerant of a Rousseau than you would, Cary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It is difficult to be tolerant, difficult to be just, in such moments. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It was nothing to her that the kindness took the form of tolerant patronage; she was used to that. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- More is as free as Plato from the prejudices of his age, and far more tolerant. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- They had that necessary gift for all peoples destined to political predominance, tolerant assimilation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mary, who was no less conventional, and no more intelligent, yet led a larger life and held more tolerant views. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Had it been less authoritative and more tolerant of intellectual variety, it might perhaps have been a still more powerful body than it became. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Edison is slow to discuss the great mysteries of life, but is of reverential attitude of mind, and ever tolerant of others' beliefs. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is not impossible for enlightened people at the present time to assume a tolerant attitu de toward the worldly Greeks or the other-worldly Christians. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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