Patience

Definition

patience /'peÇʃns/ n [U] ၁။ ~ (with sb/sth) စိတ္ရွည္ျခင္း။ သည္းခံျခင္း။ People have lost patience with (ie have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform. ❍ After three hours of waiting for the train,our patience was exhausted. ❍ She has little patience with (ie can hardly tolerate) anyone who doesn't share her views. ❍ It's enough to try (ie test) the patience of a saint! ၂။ ~ (for sth/ to do sth) စိတ္ရွည္ျခင္း။ ေလာမႀကီးျခင္း။ Learning to walk again after his accident required great patience. ❍ I haven't the patience to do embroidery. ၃။ ( Brit )( US solitaire )တစ္ကိုယ္ေတာ္ဖဲကစားနည္း။

Examples

1. [need/require patience] : Wildlife photography requires a lot of patience.
2. [have the patience for something] : Most people wouldn’t have the patience for such painstaking work.
3. [have patience] : Have patience – he’ll be there soon.
4. She was quickly losing patience with the whole wretched situation.
5. [run out of patience] : After waiting for an hour
6. I was beginning to run out of patience.
7. You need a lot of patience and understanding to be a good parent.
8. [have no patience with someone/something] : I’m afraid I have no patience with people like them.
9. [lose patience with someone/something] : She was quickly losing patience with the whole wretched situation.
10. [the patience of a saint/of Job] : You have to have the patience of a saint to work in a place like this.