wait 在英语-中文（简体）词典中的翻译
waitverb [ I ] uk
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A1 to allow time to go by, especially while staying in one place without doing very much, until someone comes, until something that you are expecting happens or until you can do something
等待，等候;期盼，盼望
I waited for her outside while she went in to see the doctor.
她进去看病时我在外面等她。
The dentist kept me waiting for ages.
牙医让我等了好久。
[ + to infinitive ] There were a lot of people waiting to use the phone.
有很多人在等着打电话。
to be done or to happen at a later time
推迟;耽搁
The meeting will have to wait until tomorrow, because I'm too busy now.
会议将不得不推迟到明天，因为我现在太忙了。
The paperwork can't wait until tomorrow (= is urgent and must be done now).
这些文书工作不能等到明天再做。
no waiting UK (US no standing)
used on signs to mean vehicles are not allowed to park, even for short periods of time
禁止停车
The sign by the side of the road said "no waiting!"
路边的标志牌上写着“禁止停车”。
更多范例减少例句In hindsight, it would have been better to wait.A small group of children waited outside the door.She was very tense as she waited for the interview.I hate waiting for public transport.We can buy our duty-free while we're waiting at the airport.
语法
Expect, hope or wait?We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns: …
ExpectWe use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns: …
HopeWe use hope when we do not know whether something will happen or not but we want it to happen. We use hope in the following patterns: …
WaitWe use wait when we refer to letting time pass because we are expecting that something is going to happen. We use wait in the following main patterns: …
Expect, hope or wait: typical errorsWe don’t use wait or wait for to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect: …
Wait or wait for?Wait means ‘stay in the same place or not do something until something else happens’. We can use it with or without for: …
习语
can't wait
wait your turn
wait a minute/moment/second
wait and see
wait at table(s)
wait for it
wait in the wings
wait till/until ...
(just) you wait短语动词
wait around
wait behind
wait for someone/something
wait for someone
wait something for someone
wait in
wait on someone/something
wait on someone
wait on something
wait something out
更多短语动词
wait up
waitnoun [ S ] uk
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B2 a period of time when you stay in one place until someone comes, or something happens, or until you can do something
等待；等候，期待
We had a three-hour wait before we could see the doctor.
我们等了3个小时才看到医生。
The long wait for the doctor/to see the doctor really made me anxious.
等医生看病等了那么长时间真让我焦急。
更多范例减少例句We had a long wait for the bus.The wait for the train was very boring.
习语
lie in wait
(wait在剑桥英语-中文（简体）词典的翻译 © Cambridge University Press)
wait的例句
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The indefinite time of waiting after death for judgement on the last day was replaced by a judgement immediately after death.
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Many of the states are not waiting until the issue is resolved at the federal level and are developing their own approaches.
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The normal behaviour was that people waited for a train, moved around a bit, got on a train, then left.
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Many surgical waiting lists comprise large numbers of simple, low cost, procedures.
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Very often and in many spheres it has been the case - in previous years as well - that individuals have simply waited for orders and instructions.
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You did not give feasts to other people, you waited for them to give feasts to you.
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She did not sit around waiting for anyone.
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Every midday there was a long queue of people waiting to buy the excellent value, homemade food.
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示例中的观点不代表剑桥词典编辑、剑桥大学出版社和其许可证颁发者的观点。
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