Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min · 9 segments
如果有一件事特别烦人，让你不得不努力克制情绪、保持耐心，那么它就在 “trying your patience”。英语表达 “try one's patience” 非常实用，其中 “try” 的意思不是 “尝试”，而是 “test（考验，检验）”。所以，“try one's patience” 的意思就是 “考验某人的耐心”。听节目，跟主持人菲菲和 Phil 一起学习这个表达的用法。
I saw you struggling with the printer earlier.
Are you okay?
I hate those machines.
Oh, you seemed quite annoyed.
I can't stand it.
Paper jammed, open this bit, close this bit, put something in here, take something out of here, no ink.
They really try my patience.
I mean, you should try patience.
You need to calm down a bit.
Oh, no, I said try my patience.
In this expression, try has a similar meaning to test.
If something tries your patience, it means you get to see how patient or impatient you really are.
Don't worry, I was just joking with you.
Yes, try one's patience is a great expression to talk about things that annoy you.
If something tries your patience, then it's something annoying.
You get to see how much you can tolerate before you lose your patience, which didn't seem to be very long when you were using that printer.
Yes, you might be right there.
It's an expression that can be used about anything that makes you annoyed, whether that's bad traffic, annoying colleagues, or terrible customer service.
All of these things can try your patience.
Let's hear some more people using the expression try one's patience.
I saw you struggling with the printer earlier.
Are you okay?
I hate those machines.
Oh, you seemed quite annoyed.
I can't stand it.
Paper jammed, open this bit, close this bit, put something in here, take something out of here, no ink.
They really try my patience.
I mean, you should try patience.
You need to calm down a bit.
Oh, no, I said try my patience.
In this expression, try has a similar meaning to test.
If something tries your patience, it means you get to see how patient or impatient you really are.
Don't worry, I was just joking with you.
Yes, try one's patience is a great expression to talk about things that annoy you.
If something tries your patience, then it's something annoying.
You get to see how much you can tolerate before you lose your patience, which didn't seem to be very long when you were using that printer.
Yes, you might be right there.
It's an expression that can be used about anything that makes you annoyed, whether that's bad traffic, annoying colleagues, or terrible customer service.
All of these things can try your patience.
Let's hear some more people using the expression try one's patience.
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