| 释义 |
Examples:The good things in life are worth waiting for—form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)—waiting room (for train, bus etc)—waiting room (at clinic, hospital)—lit. wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see—be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)—pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action—be kept waiting for an assignment or audience with a VIP—guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action—hands tied and waiting be captured—line (i.e. of people waiting)—hands tied and waiting for death [idiom.]—lit. guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits [idiom.]—waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck [idiom.]—many things waiting be done [idiom.]—wait and see (who is right)—wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)—The meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten—lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts—wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy—wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc—sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate—wait for the opportunity—sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides—crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)—conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment—zero wait state (computing)—Time and tide wait for no man [idiom.]—wait for the opportune moment before taking action [idiom.]— |