(1)容(许)(allow without opposing;permit)[T+n，T+-ing]：do not～opposition/such behavior/sb's behaving in this way/the existence of campus radicals 不容许反对/有这种行为/某人的这种举动/校园激进分子的存在;The school cannot～cheating on exams. 学校不容许考试作弊。The government cannot～taking drugs. 政府不容许吸毒。〖同〗allow，permit，admit，recognize;〖反〗forbid，prohibit，prevent，oppose;

(2)忍受(put up with(sb/sth)without protest-ing)[T+n]：cannot～that awful woman/that rude fellow/that conceited girl 无法容忍那个可怕的女人/粗鲁的人/自负的女孩;cannot～heat/noise/pain/that loud music 忍受不了热/噪音/痛苦/那震耳欲聋的音乐;cannot～sb's bad manners/sb's tardiness/sb's rudeness/sb's selfishness/sb's impudence/sb's sloth 无法忍受某人的恶劣态度/拖拖拉拉/粗野/自私/无礼/懒散;〖同〗bear，stand，endure;

(3)有耐(药)力;能经受(治疗但无损伤)(endure or resist the action of (a drug，etc))[T+n]：cannot～large amounts of radiation 经受不了大剂量的射线;

→′tolerance n 容忍，宽容;͵tole′ration n 容忍，宽容;′tolerable adj 可容忍的;可忍受的;尚好;′tolerably adv 可容忍地;相当地;′tolerant adj 容忍的，宽容的;′tolerantly adv 容忍地，宽容地;

【辨异】tolerate 与bear、endure和stand的区别见BEAR。