tolerate

英 ['tɒləreɪt] 美 ['tɑləret]
  • vt. 忍受;默许;宽恕

中文词源


tolerate 容忍,允许,宽容

来自拉丁语 tolerare,忍受,容忍,来自 PIE*tele,忍受,支撑,举起,词源同 talent,extol.

英文词源


tolerate
tolerate: [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base *tol- ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15].
=> extol
tolerate (v.)
1530s, of authorities, "to allow without interference," from Latin toleratus, past participle of tolerare (see toleration). Related: Tolerated; tolerating.

双语例句


1. She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
她再也受不了自己的处境了.

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2. The Party does not tolerate dissenters in its ranks.
该政党不允许其成员中存在异见分子。

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3. He does not tolerate anyone who mucks him about.
他对耍弄他的人毫不客气。

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4. I can just about tolerate it at the moment.
当时我差一点就忍受不了了。

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5. Lying is something that I will not tolerate.
我绝对不能容忍撒谎这样的行为。

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