核心问题
impatient 可与介词 at, with, for, of 和 about 连用,但不知它们的区别何在?查英汉词典,也未弄明白。
词典解答
一般说来, impatient at sth./sb. 表示“对……不耐烦”。
She was getting impatient at having to wait so long. (Wood) 她对于必须等这么长时间变得很不耐烦。
impatient with 一般接表人的名词, 表示“对某人不耐烦”:
Don't be impatient with the child. (Wood) 不要对孩子没有耐心(急躁)。
impatient about sth. 表示“为某事着急”：
Don't get impatient about a trivial thing like that. (Wood) 不要为这样的小事着急。
impatient of 表示“对……不耐烦”“不能忍受”：
Mother was impatient of bad manners. (MD) 妈妈不能忍受没有礼貌的举止。
impatient for 和 impatient to do 表示“急于得到”或“急于去做某事”：
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He was impatient for his dinner. 他急着要吃饭。
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The children were impatient to start. (OSD) 孩子们急不可耐地要出发。
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Philip was impatient to inspect his place of work. (EED) 菲利普争着去看他的工作地点。
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The children were impatient for the plane to take off. 孩子们焦急地盼飞机起飞。