🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

容忍

Pronunciation / Transliteration: róngrěn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tolerate/ˈtɒl.ə.reɪt/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她可以容忍大声音乐,但更喜欢小声一点。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something that one does not necessarily like or agree with.

    "She can tolerate loud music, but prefers it at a lower volume."
  2. 2

    To endure or put up with something unpleasant or difficult.

    "He could not tolerate the pain any longer and sought medical help."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'tolerate' originates from the Latin 'tolerare', meaning 'to bear' or 'to endure'. It entered the English language in the late Middle Ages, reflecting a shift from a physical sense of bearing weight to a more abstract sense of enduring differing opinions or behaviors.

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