intolerant

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈtɒlərənt/
🔊/ɪnˈtɑːlərənt/
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  1. intolerant (of somebody/something) (disapproving) not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own不容忍的;褊狭的;不容异说的;偏执的 opposite tolerant
    • She was intolerant of others who were less efficient than her.她对其他效率不如她的人不宽容。
    • He was deeply intolerant of all opposition.他对所有异见都极不容忍。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • of
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  2. (specialist) not able to eat particular foods, use particular medicines, etc. without becoming ill(对食物、药物等)不耐受的,不耐的
    • recipes for people who are gluten intolerant对谷蛋白不耐受人士的食谱
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • of
    See full entry
  3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin intolerant-, from in- ‘not’ + tolerant- ‘enduring’ (from the verb tolerare).