impatient

Compared meaning: wanting something eagerly or urgently (adjective).

比较义项：渴望、急切地想做某事或希望某事发生（形容词）。

• eager

  The plainest and most positive of the three, expressing pure enthusiasm with no hint of worry or irritation; commonly used before an infinitive, e.g. eager to help.

  三词中语气最平实、最积极的一个，只表达纯粹的热情，不带紧张或不耐烦的意味；常用于不定式之前，如eager to help（渴望帮忙）。

  The new employee was eager to learn everything about the job.

  这位新员工渴望学习工作中的一切。

• anxious

  Adds a note of nervous urgency to the eagerness, as if the person is not fully at ease about the outcome; often followed by 'to' plus a verb, e.g. anxious to please.

  在渴望之外还带有一丝紧张、对结果并不完全放心的意味；后面常接“to”加动词，如anxious to please（渴望讨好）。

  She was anxious to make a good impression on her first day.

  她渴望在上班第一天给人留下好印象。

• impatient 本词

  Focuses on the restlessness caused by waiting, implying the delay itself is hard to bear; often followed by 'for' plus a noun or 'to' plus a verb, e.g. impatient for the results.

  侧重于因等待而产生的坐立不安，暗示等待本身令人难以忍受；后面常接“for”加名词或“to”加动词，如impatient for the results（急切盼望结果）。

  The children grew impatient waiting for the bus to arrive.

  孩子们等公交车等得不耐烦了。

These three describe strong wanting, with different feelings. Eager is the plainest and most positive, pure enthusiasm, often before 'to' plus a verb. Anxious adds nervous worry about the outcome. Impatient focuses on restlessness from waiting, as if the delay is hard to bear.

这三个词都表示强烈的渴望或急切，但语气强弱和感情色彩不同：eager纯粹表达热情期待，语气积极，不带负面情绪；anxious在渴望之外还带一丝紧张、担心结果的意味；impatient强调因等待而产生的坐立不安，暗示等待本身令人难以忍受。这里不比较anxious表示“焦虑、担心”（如anxious about the exam）的义项。