impatient

nervous, restless, impatient, uneasy

形容词 impatient:

1. restless or short of temper under delay or opposition
2. (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
   同义词：raring

1. He's impatient to know what happened.
   他急于想知道发生了什么事。
2. He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.
   他毫无耐性，对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪。
3. He was such an impatient driver (=He was so impatient a driver) that he went through the red light.
   他是这样没有耐心的司机，所以他闯红灯了。
4. I am impatient for his arrival.
   我渴盼着他的到来。
5. He was impatient of any interruption.
   他对任何打扰都感到不耐烦。

im.pa.tient

adj.（形容词）
Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
无耐性的：不能耐心等待或容忍延误的；烦躁的
Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant:
恼火的：不能承受刺激或反对的；不能容忍的：
例句：
impatient of criticism.
对批评表示恼火

Expressing or produced by impatience:
不耐烦的：表示不耐烦的，或不耐烦造成的：
例句：
an impatient scowl.
不耐烦的怒容

Restively eager or desirous; anxious:
渴望的，焦躁的：急切地热望的或渴望的；急切的：
例句：
impatient to begin.
迫不及待地开始

来源：
Middle English impacient
中古英语 impacient
from Old French impatient
源自 古法语 impatient
from Latin impatiôns impatient-
源自 拉丁语 impatiôns impatient-
in- [not] * see in-
in- [不] *参见 in-
patiôns [present participle of] pato [to suffer, endure] * see patient
patiôns [] pato的现在分词 [遭受，忍受] *参见 patient

【引伸】
impa.tiently
adv.（副词）