九年级｜U1 02 Section A 2d

一、基础用法，patient，作形容词是 “有耐心的”，作名词是“病人”；
【例】My English teacher is very patient. She always explains grammar clearly.
【例】The doctor is talking to a patient about his treatment plan.

二、be patient with sb./sth. “对某人 / 某事有耐心”
【例】Parents should be patient with their children when they make mistakes.
【例】You need to be patient with difficult math problems. Take your time to solve them.

三、be patient to do sth. “有耐心做某事”
【例】She is patient to teach her little sister to read, even if it takes a long time.

四、变为副词 patiently “耐心地”
【例】The nurse patiently took care of the injured patient, checking his condition again and again.

【扩】“patient”（有耐心的）的反义词是 “impatient”（没耐心的），其副词形式 “patiently” 的反义词为 “impatiently”（不耐烦地）

mean /miːn/ v. 核心含义为 “意思是；意味着”，过去式 / 过去分词：meant /ment/。
【例】Studying hard now means having more choices in the future.

meaningful adj. 表示 “有目的、有价值、能带来影响或情感共鸣的”。
【例】The teacher tried to make the class more meaningful by connecting lessons to real life.

meaningless adj. 表示 “没有目的、没有价值、无法理解或产生影响的”。
【例】He felt his job was meaningless because he just repeated the same tasks every day.

一、比较级基础结构： “A + be + 比较级 + than + B” 结构，用于两者之间的属性对比（如大小、长短、程度、品质等），表示 “A 在某方面比 B 更……”。
二、“The + 比较级（+ 主语 + 谓语）, the + 比较级（+ 主语 + 谓语）” 结构（越……，越……），表达 “两个事物的程度变化成正相关”，即前一个事物的程度越深，后一个事物的程度也随之加深（或减弱，需结合语境判断）。
三、“比较级 + and + 比较级…” 结构（越来越……），用于表达 “同一事物的程度随时间 / 条件推移，不断加深或减弱”，强调 “渐进变化”。

【例】Health is more important than money.
【例】The more you practice speaking English, the more confident you will feel.
【例】Computers are getting more and more useful in daily life.