impatient是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 不耐烦的， 急躁的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Dig dig dig until an impatient movement from one of the two passengers would admonish him to pull up the window, draw his arm securely through the leathern strap, and speculate upon the two slumbering forms, until his mind lost its hold of them, and they again slid away into the bank and the grave.
-- First, the lonely boar-spears and knives of the chase had been reddened as of old; then, had 180 A tale of two citiesgleamed trenchant in the morning sunshine; now, doors and windows were thrown open, horses in their stables looked round over their shoulders at the light and fresh-ness pouring in at doorways, leaves sparkled and rustled at iron-grated windows, dogs pulled hard at their chains, and reared impatient to be loosed.
-- Not only that; but the village, light-headed with famine, fire, and bell-ringing, and bethinking itself that Monsieur Gabelle had to do with the collection of rent and taxes though it was but a small instalment of taxes, and no rent at all, that Gabelle had got in those latter days became impatient for an interview with him, and, surrounding his house, summoned him to come forth for personal confer-ence.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A smart guard jumped out, giving a whistle, and after him one by one the impatient passengers began to get down: an officer of the guards, holding himself erect, and looking severely about him; a nimble little merchant with a satchel, smiling gaily; a peasant with a sack over his shoulder.
-- Chapter 14 When Kitty had gone and Levin was left alone, he felt such uneasiness without her and such an impatient longing to get as quickly, as quickly as possible, to tomorrow morning, when he would see her again and be plighted to her forever, that he felt afraid, as though of death, of those fourteen hours that he had to get through without her.
-- The doctor, the monthly nurse, and Dolly and her mother, and most of all Levin, who could not think of the approaching event without terror, began to be impatient and uneasy.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Fix, left alone, was more impatient than ever, having a presentiment that the robber was on board the Mongolia.
-- The Rangoon rolled heavily and the passengers became impatient of the long, monstrous waves which the wind raised before their path.
-- Aouda took the keenest interest in his plans, and became impatient at any incident which seemed likely to retard his journey.
-- Passepartout grew more and more impatient as they went on, while Fix longed to get out of this difficult region, and was more anxious than Phileas Fogg himself to be beyond the danger of delays and accidents, and set foot on English soil.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You Americans, so many of you--all full with ideas, but you are impatient with the beautiful dullness of long labors.
-- He tried to confide in Clif, but Clif had become impatient of his fretting, and he turned again to the energetic and willowy Madeline Fox.
-- The competitive exactions of surgery on dogs, in which Angus Duer lorded it with impatient perfection.
-- He was no longer a genius impatient of interrupted creation but a shabby schoolmaster in disgrace.
-- Martin was as impatient as he was stubborn.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They were already at the door; Porfiry was impatient for Raskolnikov to be gone.
-- You are an impatient fellow!'
-- But I was stupid and impatient and spoiled it all.
-- Dounia at last became impatient and, leaving Sonia, went to her brother's room to await him there; she kept thinking that he would come there first.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- repeated Mr. Jorkins, in an impatient manner.
-- After stopping to put the bottle on the ground,he looked up at the windows, and looked about; though with acovert and impatient air, as if he was anxious to be gone.
-- 'Mother,' he said, with an impatient bite at the handkerchief inwhich his hand was wrapped, 'you had better take and fire aloaded gun at me.'
-- I heard so much of Twenty Seven, of hispious admonitions to everybody around him, and of the beautifulletters he constantly wrote to his mother (whom he seemed toconsider in a very bad way), that I became quite impatient to seehim.
-- Her impatient attendant scolds her, tells her I am not inmourning, bids her look again, tries to rouse her.
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