impatient是unpatient的旧拼写,现在已不用。作为语言学专家,我将从构词、语义和语用三个维度解析这对易混淆词:
1. 构词分析:
- "impatient"是标准英语词汇,由拉丁前缀"im-"(表否定)+ "patient"构成
- "unpatient"属于罕见古旧用法,由日耳曼语系前缀"un-"+"patient"组成,现代英语中已基本被淘汰
2. 语义对比:
- impatient:
a) 表示"缺乏耐心"的心理状态(如:She grew impatient with the slow service)
b) 医学语境指"不耐受的"(如:impatient of pain 对疼痛不耐受)
- unpatient: ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; - often followed by at, for, of, and under.
Not to be borne; unendurable.
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.
Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; - often followed by at, for, of, and under.
Not to be borne; unendurable.
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.