English Dictionary

patient

/ˈpeɪʃənt/

adj

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting. / Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent. / (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.

She is a patient person.

意味（1）

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.

意味（2）

Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.

patient endeavour

意味（3）

(obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.

To this outward structure was joined that strength of constitution, patient of severest toil and hardship; insomuch that for the most part of his life, in the fiercest extremity of cold, he took no other advantage of a fire, than at the greatest distance that he could, to look upon it.