Impatience

(noun.) a dislike of anything that causes delay.

(noun.) a restless desire for change and excitement.

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• My impatience to reach the church was so great that I could not remain inactive in the cottage while the clerk lit the lantern again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• If she had had any doubt which was her own Jeremiah, it would have been resolved by his impatience. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• To put it bluntly, Miss Addams let her impatience get the better of her wisdom. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We were in a fever of impatience; we were dying to see the renowned cathedral! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Your words are bitter, Rebecca, said Bois-Guilbert, pacing the apartment with impatience, but I came not hither to bandy reproaches with you. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In remarking that your friend has shown impatience, I say no such thing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Yes, ma'am,' said Bob, all impatience; for the old lady, although much agitated, spoke with the most tantalising deliberation, as old ladies often do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We first look with impatience upon immaturity, regarding it as something to be got over as rapidly as possible. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• You know what I mean, and you trifle with my impatience. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Regarded from this point of view Mr Pancks's puffings expressed injury and impatience, and each of his louder snorts became a demand for payment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Practically I find that what is called being apostolic now, is an impatience of everything in which the parson doesn't cut the principal figure. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Holmes gave an exclamation of impatience. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Mrs. Gradgrind,' said her husband, who had waited for the achievement of this feat with some impatience, 'allow me to present to you Mrs. Bounderby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I was badly in need of a case, and this looks, from the man's impatience, as if it were of importance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• That kind master, who could not sleep now, was waiting with impatience for day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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