资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
   tol['e]rance.]
   1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring;
      endurance.

            Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market
            place, shaking, to show his tolerance. --Bacon.

   2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable
      persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions;
      toleration.

   3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of
      bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would
      prove injurious or fatal.

   {Tolerance of the mint}. (Coinage) Same as {Remedy of the
      mint}. See under {Remedy}.