English Dictionary

patient

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpeɪʃənt/

形容詞

人物 廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

必要な場合に待つことができ、待っている間に腹を立てない性質（忍耐力がある様子） / 目標に向かって不断の努力を怠らず、着実に取り組む勤勉さや忍耐強さ / （古い用法）苦難や困難を耐え忍ぶことができる状態

The patient customer waited calmly through the long lines without complaint.

必要なら待つことをいとわない客は、長い列でも文句を言わずに落ち着いて待っていた。

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.

patienter （ comparative ）

more patient （ comparative ）

patientest （ superlative ）

most patient （ superlative ）