1. We were impatient for the airplane to start.
    我们巴不得飞机起飞。

2. Humboldt, impatient to discover where the electricity had disappeared to, put his hand into the barrel.
    洪堡因为急于要查明电流的去向，便将手伸进了桶内。

3. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on.
    她打算装扮成鬼的模样。头天晚上她已把化装服做好，这时她急于想试试。

4. But he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press.
    但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来，在此期间，编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上要付印。

5. It was difficult to coordinate our steps — his halting, mine impatient — and because of that, we didn't say much as we went along.
    我们的步伐难以协调一致--他常常停下脚步，而我的步子却显得不耐烦--正因如此, 我们一路很少说话。