impatient
adj
1
(a) ~ (at sth/with sb) unable to deal calmly with sth/sb or to wait for sth; easily irritated by sb/sth; not patient 不耐烦的; 无耐性的
Don't be so impatient! The bus will be here soon. 别那麽不耐烦! 公共汽车马上就来了.
You're too impatient with her; she's only a child. 你对她太缺乏耐心, 她只不过是个孩子.
(b) showing a lack of patience 表示不耐烦的; 焦躁的
another impatient glance at his watch 又一次不耐烦地看了看他的手表.
2 [pred 作表语]
~ (to do sth); ~ (for sth) very eager to do sth or for sth to happen; anxious 热切(要做某事或期待某事)
Many graduates are impatient to become managers. 很多人毕了业就迫不及待想当经理.
impatient for the summer holidays to come 热切盼望暑假到来.
3 [pred 作表语]
~ of sth (fml 文) intolerant of sth 对某事物不能忍受:impatient of delay 对耽搁时间不能容忍.
Then you can pick up a hire car and travel around.
然后你可以开着租来的车四处旅行。
Four years later, she left the children's home and entered an institution for the blind, where she learnt braille.
4年之后,她离开孤儿院,进入一盲人学校,学习布莱叶盲文。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.