tolerable,tolerant

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tolerable,tolerant
    二者都是動詞tolerate的派生詞,但涵義及用法都不同。
    Tolerable的意思是“可容忍的”、“尚好的”或“尚可的”(that can be tolerated of fairly good)。例:
    Your blunders are not tolerable.
    你的過失是不可容忍的。
    He is in tolerable health.
    他的健康尚好。
    He has tolerable income in Hong Kong.
    他在香港的收入還不錯。
    Tolerant的意思是“容忍的”、“寬大的”或“寬容的”(having or showing tolerance)。表示“容忍”之意時,tolerable反映被動的意味;tolerant則是主動的意味。例:
    We should not adopt a tolerant attitude towards those loan sharks.
    對于那些大耳窿,我們不應(yīng)該采取寬大的態(tài)度。
    He is tolerant of your errors.
    他能寬容你的錯誤。
    tolerant的相對名詞為tolerance,指容忍的態(tài)度;tolerate的相對名詞為toleration,指容忍的行為。例:
    Her toleration of his brazen attitude is enough to show her great tolerance.
    她容忍了他厚顏無恥的態(tài)度,足以顯示她的寬容。