以下是柯林斯詞典的解釋。
tolerance /?t?l?r?ns/ CET4 TEM4
1.N-UNCOUNT Tolerance is the quality of allowing other people to say and do what they like, even if you do not agree with or approve of it. 寬容表贊許
例:
...his tolerance and understanding of diverse human nature.
…他對各種人性的寬容和理解。
2.N-UNCOUNT Tolerance is the ability to bear something painful or unpleasant. 忍耐力
例:
There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.
對痛苦的忍耐力和對感染的抵抗力下降了。