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| 1 | to stay in one place because you expect or hope that something will happen 等；等待；等候 |
| Sheryl said she’ d be waiting in the lobby. 谢里尔说她会在大厅等着。 |
| +for He was attacked while he was waiting for a bus. 他在等公共汽车时遭到了袭击。 |
| The airport was full of anxious relatives, waiting nervously for news of the missing plane. 机场挤满了焦虑的乘客亲属，他们忐忑不安地等待着失踪飞机的消息。 |
| +until/till Let’ s sit down and wait till Bob gets here. 让我们坐下来等鲍伯到了再说吧。 |
| wait to do sth The television showed thousands of frightened people waiting to board buses. 电视上播放了成千上万受惊的人们等着上公共汽车的情景。 |
| | 1a | to delay doing something until someone arrives or something else happens 推迟；耽搁 | | I’ m busy right now, so you’ ll just have to wait. 我现在正忙着，你得等一会儿。 | | +for Shall we start eating, or should we wait for the others? 我们是现在就开始吃，还是等等其他人？ | | The police are waiting for more evidence before making an arrest. 警方要等到有更多的证据时才逮捕人。 | |
| | 1b | to make someone stay in one place or do nothing until you are ready to see them or talk to them 使某人等着 | | We were kept waiting outside his office for over an hour. 我们被迫在他的办公室外面等了一个多小时。 | | Don’ t keep me waiting for an answer. 别让我老等着答复。 | | wait for sb/sth to do sth Rescue teams were waiting for the weather to improve. 救援队在等天气好转。 | |
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| 2 | to be hoping or expecting that something will happen 盼望；期待 |
| +for I’ ve been waiting for a refund cheque for several months. 我盼着退款支票已经有好几个月了。 |
| wait for sb/sth to do sth There’ s no point waiting for her to change her mind – you’ ll just have to go without her. 等她改变主意毫无意义，你得自己一个人去了。 |
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| 3 | to be ready for someone to take or use 准备好；在手边:+ |
| +for There’ s a package waiting for you in the office. 办公室有一个包裹等着你去拿。 |
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| - | sth can/cannot wait
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| used for saying that something does not need to be done nowneeds to be done now |
| 某事不需要/需要现在就做 |
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| - | sb can’ t wait/can hardly wait
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| used for saying someone is very excited about something they expect will happen |
| 某人等不及了 |
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| Ican’ t wait for the holidays. 我巴不得假期快点到来。 |
| Marlene can hardly wait to go to the beach again. 马林急着要再去海滨。 |
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| - | just wait until/till spoken
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| 1 | used for saying that someone should be patient for a moment 耐心等到 | Just wait until I’ ve finished this story. 耐心等我把这个故事讲完吧。 | |
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| 2 | used for saying someone will be very surprised or happy when they see something 等看到…就会吃一惊；等看到…就会很高兴 | Just wait till you see how she’ s grown! 等看到她长大了多少时，你会大吃一惊的！ | |
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| 3 | used for telling someone that they will be in trouble if they do not stop behaving badly （用以威胁某人今后会遇到麻烦）等到…瞧（你）怎么办 | Just you wait till your father gets home. 等你父亲回来瞧你怎么办。 | |
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| - | there’ s no time to wait spoken
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| used for saying that you must take action immediately |
| 没时间了；立刻行动吧 |
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| - | wait a minute/second spoken
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| 1 | used for telling someone to be patient while you think 别急 | Oh, wait a minute, I’ m trying to remember her name. 噢，别急，我正在使劲回想她的名字。 | |
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| 2 | used for telling someone to stop and wait for you 稍等一下；等一会 | Wait a minute – I have to tie my shoe. | |
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| 3 | used for expressing surprise about something that has just happened or been said , usually something that seems wrong （用于对刚发生的事或刚说的话表示惊讶，通常指似乎出了错）怎么回事 | Wait a second, wasn’ t Jackie supposed to be here? 怎么回事？杰姬不应该在这儿吗？ | |
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| 4 | used for saying you disagree with what someone is saying or doing , or you want them to listen to you （表示不同意某人说的话或做的事，或用于引起注意）慢着 | Wait a minute, that’ s not what I said! 慢着，我不是这样说的！ | |
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| - | wait and see
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| to stay calm and delay doing something until you see what happens |
| 等等看；等着瞧 |
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| Let’ s just wait and see what they have to say. 等等看，听听他们怎么说。 |
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| - | waitat table/on tables
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| to serve food to people in a restaurant or café |
| （在饭店或小餐馆）招待进餐 |
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| - | wait for it BRITISH informal
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| used for saying that you are about to tell someone about something silly , funny , or surprising |
| （用于表示将告诉某人一件荒唐、滑稽或令人吃惊的事）等着（听）吧，听好了 |
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| Tonight’ s lucky winner will go away with a cheque for – wait for it – £100,000! |
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| - | wait your turn
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| to wait in a patient way for your opportunity to have or do something |
| （耐心地）等候轮到你 |
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| - | waiting in the wings/waiting (for) your chance
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| to be prepared for an opportunity to do something that you have wanted to do for a long time |
| 准备就绪 |
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| Another group of young skaters is waiting in the wings. 另一组年轻的滑冰运动员已准备就绪。 |
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| - | waiting to happen
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| used for saying that something very bad is likely to develop from a particular situation |
| （因某情形而）很可能发生（坏事） |
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| There may be more riots waiting to happen. 可能会发生更多的骚乱。 |
| It’ s an accident waiting to happen. 发生这样的事故是迟早的事。 |
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| - | what are you waiting for? spoken
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| used for telling someone that they should do something immediately , and not delay |
| 你还等什么呢？ |
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| - | sth will have to wait
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| used for saying that there is no time to do something now and it will have to be done later |
| 某事要暂缓处理 |
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| I’ m afraid plans for the party will have to wait. 恐怕聚会的计划得推迟了。 |
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| Words frequently used with wait | | wait 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | anxiously, eagerly, expectantly, impatiently, nervously, patiently, quietly, | 1 | | | |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌwait aˈround or ˌwait aˈbout |
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| | to do nothing because you are expecting something to happen , and you cannot do anything until it does 无所事事地等待；干等着 | +for I don’ t feel like waiting around for him to decide. 我不想干等着他作决定。 | |
| - | ˌwait beˈhind |
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| | to stay somewhere after everyone else has left （在他人都走后）留下来 | He decided to wait behind and help clean up. 他决定留下来帮助打扫卫生。 | |
| - | ˌwait ˈin |
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| | to stay at home because you expect someone to come or telephone you 在家等候（某人的到来或电话） | +for I have to wait in for a delivery this morning. 今天早上我必须在家等着人来送货。 | |
| - | ˈwait ˌon |
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| 1 | wait on sb: to serve people in a restaurant （在餐馆）伺候（某人）进餐 | What do we have to do to get waited on here? 我们要怎么做这儿才有人来为我们服务呢？ | | | 1a | to do everything for someone so that they do not have to do anything for themselves 无微不至地照顾某人 | | |
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| 2 | wait on sth: to wait for a particular thing to happen 等待（某事发生） | Foreign investors are waiting on election results there. 外国投资者正在等待那里的选举结果。 | |
| - | ˌwait ˈout |
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| | to stay where you are until something ends, usually something bad 等到（通常指坏事）结束 | Let’ s go to the basement and wait out the storm there. 让我们到地下室等暴风雨过去吧。 | |
| - | ˌwait ˈup |
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| 1 | to not go to sleep until someone comes home （在某人回家前）等着不睡，熬夜等待 | +for Don’ t wait up for me, I’ ll be very late tonight. 不必熬夜等我，今晚我要很晚才回家。 | |
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| 2 | AMERICAN spoken used for asking or telling someone to stop so you can speak to them or walk with them （用于请求某人停下来，以便与其说话或同行）等一等 |
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