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.
双语例句
1. She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
她再也受不了自己的处境了.
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He does not tolerate anyone who mucks him about.
