impatient多益
多益新增字・持續校對中，發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
不耐煩的；沒耐心的·急切的；迫不及待的
學測必考情緒形容詞，一字雙義
The kids grew impatient waiting for the movie to start, kicking the seats in front of them.
孩子們等電影開演等到不耐煩，一直踢著前面的椅背。
一個畫面：不停看錶又跺腳
跺腳等待原地不停踏步，等得受不了
頻看手錶不斷確認時間，覺得過太慢
催促動作身體前傾，急著想要結果
義項
塞車鳴笛B2adjective不耐煩的；沒耐心的
John grew increasingly impatient as he sat in traffic, honking his horn in frustration.
約翰塞在車陣中，越來越不耐煩，還按了喇叭發洩。
an impatient drivergrow impatient
刷網頁等分數B2adjective急切的；迫不及待的
She was so impatient to see her exam results that she refreshed the school website every five minutes.
她太急著想知道考試成績，每五分鐘就重新整理一次學校網頁。
impatient to know
片語
grow impatient耐性耗盡 →逐漸變得不耐煩
impatient with對人失去耐性 →對某人或某事不耐煩
你會不會這樣說？
She looked ___ waiting for the bus. (impatient / impatience)
看答案
impatient
impatient 是形容詞，impatience 是名詞。
'She was so impatient to see her exam results.' 這裡的 impatient 最接近：(A) 沒耐心生氣 (B) 迫不及待
看答案
(B)
此句表達急著想知道結果，對應迫不及待義項。
字族
impatience 不耐煩；沒耐心（名詞）・impatiently 不耐煩地（副詞）
順路看看
patient — impatient 的反義詞，形容有耐心eager — 渴望做某事，語氣比 impatient 積極多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
等待技術支援
The employees grew impatient as they waited for the video call to reconnect.
員工等著視訊通話重新連線，逐漸變得不耐煩。
期待新工作空間
The design team was impatient to see its new studio.
設計團隊迫不及待想看看新的工作室。
詞族
impatient adjective 不耐煩的；迫不及待的・impatience noun 不耐煩；急切・impatiently adverb 不耐煩地；急切地・patience noun 耐心
四選一
After several unexplained delays, the visitors became increasingly ____.
看答案
impatient
became 後接形容詞 impatient，描述訪客越來越不耐煩。impatience 和 patience 是名詞，不能在此與 increasingly 搭配描述訪客的狀態；impatiently 是副詞，不能充當此處所需的形容詞補語。
同義改寫
The employees grew impatient as they waited for the video call to reconnect. → The employees became annoyed at having to wait for the video call to reconnect.
此處 grow impatient 指因等待而逐漸感到不耐煩，改寫保留等待造成惱怒的意思。
The design team was impatient to see its new studio. → The design team could hardly wait to see its new studio.
此處 impatient to 表示迫不及待；could hardly wait to 同樣表達急切的期待。