tolerate

英 [ˈtɒl.ər.eɪt]      美 [ˈtɑː.lə.reɪt]
  • vt. 忍受;默许;宽恕
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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.

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.
1. She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
她再也受不了自己的处境了.
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。
3. He does not tolerate anyone who mucks him about.
他对耍弄他的人毫不客气。
4. I can just about tolerate it at the moment.
当时我差一点就忍受不了了。
5. Lying is something that I will not tolerate.
我绝对不能容忍撒谎这样的行为。