tolerance

Toleranz

Die Bereitschaft, Menschen mit anderen Überzeugungen oder Lebensweisen zu akzeptieren.

In einfachem Englisch: Willingness to accept people whose beliefs or ways of living are different from yours.

• We should teach children tolerance.
• Religious tolerance helps people live together peacefully.
• Her tolerance of different opinions impressed me.

So benutzt man es: tolerance of someone/something (The school encourages tolerance of different beliefs.); tolerance for someone/something (We need greater tolerance for people with different views.)

Synonyme: acceptance, open-mindedness

Gegenteile: intolerance, bigotry

Häufige Wendungen: religious tolerance, tolerance of something, show tolerance

Verträglichkeit, Toleranz

Die Fähigkeit, etwas Unangenehmes oder Schädliches ohne größere Probleme auszuhalten.

In einfachem Englisch: The ability to deal with something unpleasant or harmful without serious problems.

• His tolerance for pain is low.
• Some plants have a high tolerance for heat.
• Over time, she developed tolerance to the medicine.

So benutzt man es: tolerance for something (She has a low tolerance for pain.); tolerance to something (Repeated use can increase tolerance to the drug.)

Synonyme: resistance

Gegenteile: sensitivity

Häufige Wendungen: pain tolerance, tolerance for something, tolerance to something

Alkoholtoleranz

Die Fähigkeit, Alkohol zu trinken, ohne schnell betrunken zu werden.

In einfachem Englisch: The ability to drink alcohol without becoming drunk easily.

• My tolerance for alcohol is low.
• Regular drinking can increase alcohol tolerance.
• Even one beer affected her because her tolerance was low.

So benutzt man es: tolerance for alcohol (He has little tolerance for alcohol.)

Häufige Wendungen: alcohol tolerance, high tolerance, low tolerance

Toleranz

Der Betrag, um den ein Messwert vom vorgeschriebenen Wert abweichen darf.

In einfachem Englisch: The amount by which a measurement is allowed to differ from the required value.

• The measurements are within tolerance.
• This machine produces parts with a tight tolerance.
• The engineer specified a tolerance of two millimetres.

So benutzt man es: within tolerance (All the measurements are within tolerance.); tolerance of an amount (The part has a tolerance of one millimetre.)

Synonyme: allowable variation

Häufige Wendungen: within tolerance, manufacturing tolerance, tight tolerance