tolerable,tolerant用法辨析
tolerable,tolerant二者都是動(dòng)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:
He is in tolerable health.
他的健康尚好。
Your blunders are not tolerable.
你的過(guò)失是不可容忍的。
He has tolerable income in Hong Kong.
他在香港的收入還不錯(cuò)。
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(shí),tolerable反映被動(dòng)的意味;tolerant則是主動(dòng)的意味。例:
He is tolerant of your errors.
他能寬容你的錯(cuò)誤。
We should not adopt a tolerant attitude towards those loan sharks.
對(duì)于那些大耳窿,我們不應(yīng)該采取寬大的態(tài)度。
tolerant的相對(duì)名詞為tolerance,指容忍的態(tài)度;tolerate的相對(duì)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(wú)恥的態(tài)度,足以顯示她的寬容。