In ordinary living, there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality.
在日常生活中人们可以容忍一定程度的不准时。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 60 Too early and too late

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

ordinary ['ɔrdnɛri] 词频1 词根: ordin
adj. 普通的;平常的;一般的;平庸的;
💡 order, ordin 表”秩序;种类,等级”#词根助记：按照秩序的=普通的
"He was demoted to the rank of ordinary soldier."
他被降为普通一兵.
近义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average 反义：huge, imposing, astonishing, noteworthy, outstanding, particular
living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
tolerance ['tɑlərəns]
n. 宽容，容忍;限度;公差;耐药量，耐药性;
💡 toler容忍 + ance 表示状态、情况、性质、行为→ n.忍受，容忍；公差
"She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind."
她容不得开任何玩笑。
近义：approbation, approval, assent, avowal, acceptance, acceptation 反义：obduracy, obstinacy

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.
但是，它们又有自己神秘的生活方式。
'He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on sea.
但他只在海峡上空飞行7英里，引擎就发生了故障，他只好降落在海面上。
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。
He wanted to buy a $300 watch for his wife,
他走进一家高级商店，要为妻子买一块价值300英镑的手表。
The student did in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
那个学生躲在附近一拱形的门廊里，在那儿可以看见、听到现场发生的一切。
always assuming,of course, that the sea is calm.
当然，这一切只有在大海风平浪静的情况下才有可能。