用作定语
▲～+n.
He gave another impatient glance at his watch.他又一次不耐烦地看了看他的表。
用作表语
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
Don't get impatient about trivial thing like that.不要为那种琐事烦躁。
We were impatient at the unexpected delay.我们对预料不到的耽搁感到不耐烦。
She's impatient for her father's arrival.她急切地盼望着父亲的到来。
He is impatient of reproof.他不能忍受指责。
Don't be impatient with the child.对这孩子急不得。
▲S+be+～+to-v He is impatient to go there.他急于去那里。
She was impatient to know what had happened to her son.她急于想知道她儿子出了什么事。
