【tolerate音标】 英[ˈtɒləreɪt] 美[ˈtɑ:ləreɪt]
【单词释义】 tolerate是什么意思:
vt.忍受;容忍(不同意或不喜欢的事物);容许;承认
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] tolerates
[单词现在分词] tolerating
[单词过去式] tolerated
[单词过去分词] tolerated
【关联词/派生词】
tolerant adj.宽容的;容忍的,忍受的
tolerance n.宽容,容忍;忍受程度,忍耐力
tolerable adj.尚好的;过得去的;可忍受的;可接受的;可容忍的
toleration n. [U] 容忍;宽容;忍受;容许
【tolerate形近词/近似词】
accelerate v. 加快,加速;促进
agglomerate adj.成团的;结块的;凝聚的 n.团块;(事物的)集合;凝聚物 v. 使成团,使结块;凝聚
enumerate vt.列举;枚举
exaggerate v.夸张;言过其实
aerate v. 充气;使(土壤、水等)透气;使暴露于空气中
【近义词解析】
◇ 忍受
bear (v. 忍受,忍耐):普通用词,指忍受饥饿、寒冷、疼痛、不幸、困难、侮辱等,多强调忍受者的勇敢和坚毅。
endure ([四级]v. [正式]忍受,忍耐):强调长期性,主要指对灾难、困难、疼痛等长时间地忍受而不抱怨。
stand (v. 经受;忍受):作“经受”解时,常与 could 或 can 连用,指某人或某物经得起伤害等;作“忍受”解时,主要指对某人、某种困难情况的忍受或承受,通常用于疑问句和否定句中,常可与 bear 换用。
sustain ([四级]v. [正式]遭受,经受):指受到损害、创伤或金钱方面的损失。
tolerate (v. 忍受,容忍):指以克制的态度容忍令人反感或厌恶的事物,含默认、宽容之意。
【单词例句】
◇ He did not envy them in the least. How could it occur to him even to wish to be such a marvelous beauty? He wouldn’t be thankful if only the ducks would have tolerated him among them, the poor ugly creature.
他并不嫉妒他们。他怎能梦想有他们那样的美丽呢?只要别的鸭儿准许他跟他们生活在一起,他就已经很欣慰了--可怜的丑东西。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ I was a previous typist in a post office. Because I couldn’t tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned.
我以前是一家邮局的打字员,因为忍受够了每天在打字机上打邮资账单或邮政编码,我辞了职。
---- An Air Crash
◇ In short, if it's new, uncharted territory, if you feel that you're boldly going where no one has gone before - yourself in particular - then you're game. What you can't stand - what you absolutely cannot and will not tolerate, no matter what - is boredom.
简而言之,只要是新奇的东西,特别是没人敢尝试的玩意,你都愿意大胆一博。因此,你绝对不能忍受和容忍的事就是——枯燥乏味。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. It may mean a small cut in my wife's income from time to time, but I guess I can tolerate that. Needless to say, my wife will arrange and pay for the care of the children while my wife is working.
她也许会因此而耽误了工作,减少了薪金,可那没多大要紧,她得边工作边照看家庭。
---- I Want a Wife