impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃnt/
adj.不耐烦的；没有耐心的；急于；(对不愉快的事)不能容忍，不愿接受；热切期待
1. impatient at sth/sb. 对……不耐烦（恼火）
与annoyed at同义
They were impatient at the delay.
他们对拖延不耐烦了。
Sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest.
萨拉对他们的缺乏兴趣的情况越来越不能忍耐了。
The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
大牌俱乐部对缓慢的进展越来越不耐烦了。
She was getting impatient at having to wait so long.她对于必须等这么长时间变得很不耐烦。
She was impatient at the boy for being so careless.
她因为这个男孩如此粗心而对他很不耐烦。
2. impatient for急于得到，渴望，盼望，急切地期望
与anxious for同义
She is impatient for her husband to come back.
她盼着丈夫快点回来。
They are impatient for jobs and security.
他们渴望得到工作，获取安全感。
The children are impatient for the arrival of the Spring Festival.
孩子们渴望春节的到来。
He is impatient for the project.
他急切地渴望得到这个项目。
The people of China are being impatient for the completing of Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital as soon as possible.
全国人民在急切地期盼着火神山医院早日建成。
impatient to do 急于去做某事，渴望做某事
They are impatient to meet each other as soon as possible.
他们期望尽快见面。
She was clearly impatient to leave.
她显然是迫不及待地想离开。
These soldiers are impatient to leave Iraq.
这些士兵迫不及待地想要离开伊拉克。
He was impatient to get home
他迫不及待想要回家。
When the ceremony was over he was most impatient to have a private talk with us.
仪式一完，他就急不可待地与我们单独进行了会谈。
3. impatient of对……不耐烦；不能忍受，后接事物名词，不接表示人的名词。
He was impatient of all this waiting.
他等得不耐烦了。
She was impatient of his indifference.
她对他们的冷漠感到不耐烦。
Mother was impatient od bad manners.
妈妈不能忍受没有礼貌的举止。
He was impatient of all this waiting.
他等得心急了。
4.impatient about sth 为某事着急
Don’t get impatient about a trivial thing like that.
不要为这样的小事情着急。
5. impatient with 一般接表示人的名词，“对某人不耐烦，对某人不够耐心”
Don't be impatient with your children.
对孩子们不能心急。
She chided herself for being so impatient with the children.
她责怪自己对孩子不够耐心。
Their ballet teacher became impatient with her, Karen, you should remember the basic steps.
他们的芭蕾舞老师对她不耐烦了：“凯伦,你应该记住基本舞步。”
He is impatient with those who decry the scheme
对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。
Beware of being too impatient with others
注意不要对他人太没有耐心。
It's true she gets madly impatient with him, but what mother doesn't?
她确实对他极其不耐烦，但哪个母亲不是这样呢？
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