英 [ˈtɒlərəns] 美 [ˈtɑːlərəns]
n. 忍受，容忍；（痛苦、困难等的）忍受程度，忍耐力；耐药力，耐受性；公差，容许偏差
复数tolerances
tolerance /ˈtɒlərəns/ CET4 TEM4
不可数名词 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. 宽容
...his tolerance and understanding of diverse human nature.
…他对各种人性的宽容和理解。
不可数名词 Tolerance is the ability to bear something painful or unpleasant. 忍耐力
There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.
对痛苦的忍耐力和对感染的抵抗力下降了。
the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
同义词： permissiveness
the act of tolerating something
willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
公差(Tolerances)：系指依工程设计戒顾客要求所建立的规格。它指出产出的个别单位必须落于 规格值范围内，才可允收。
提出技术（Technology）、人才（Talent）和宽容（Tolerance）是 创意产业的3T原则，尤其强调第三个T。
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tolerably 相当地；可容忍地；差不多地
tolerantly 宽容地，容忍地
toleration 宽容，忍受，默认；耐受性
tolerate 忍受；默许；宽恕
She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind.
她容不得开任何玩笑。
They were working to a tolerance of 0.0001 of a centimetre.
他们在按0.0001厘米的公差加工。
They have a policy of zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
他们对性骚扰采取零容忍态度。
Some have a "zero tolerance" policy where alcohol is banned from all buildings.
VOA : special.2009.04.02
The risk tolerance curve for the tens of thousands of people that we needed to hire, you just couldn't quite get them.
由于风险承担曲线，我们需要雇佣数万名员工,但是却，雇不到。
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There's a danger, I think, that endless tolerance leads to intellectual passivity and the kind of uncritical acceptance of all points of view.
这会是一场危机，无止境的容忍会导致理智的被动,及无批判能力地,接受所有的观点。
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So life is supported by Islam. Therefore oppression and aggression are forbidden, whereas mercy,tolerance, kindness and charity are commanded."
VOA : standard.2010.05.21
which advocates the values of tolerance and equality, was designed,in part, to push public acceptance of these economic changes.
VOA : standard.2010.02.24
Britons' tolerance of the other myriad intrusions into their privacy may prove less enduring.
The moulds are very accurate, with a precision tolerance of as little as 0.002 millimeters.
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Many religious communities, however, are still far from extending anything like this sort of tolerance.