• wait /weɪt/           CET4 TEM4 [ waiting waited waits ]

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    及物动词/不及物动词 When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. 等候

    I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus.

    我走到一个街道拐角处等校车。

    I waited to see how she responded.

    我等着看她如何反应。

    We had to wait a week before we got the results.

    我们不得不等候一个星期才拿到了结果。

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    不可数名词 等候

    The waiting became almost unbearable.

    等待变得几乎令人难以忍受了。

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    可数名词 A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something. 等待的时间

    ...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.

    …组织者们宣布结果前4个小时的等待。

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    及物动词/不及物动词 If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do. 等 (你) 使用; 等 (你) 去做

    There'll be a car waiting for you.

    将会有辆车等着你。

    When we came home we had a meal waiting for us.

    我们回到家时，有一顿饭正等着我们去享用。

    He had a car waiting to take him back to the office.

    有一辆车等着送他回办公室。

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    不及物动词 If you say that something can wait, you mean that it is not important or urgent and so you will deal with it or do it later. 延缓

    I want to talk to you, but it can wait.

    我想和你谈谈，但可以等会儿再说。

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    不及物动词 You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them. 等着吧 (期望引起对方兴奋之情，或鼓励对方); 等着瞧 (表示威胁)

    If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book.

    如果你觉得所有这些听起来令人兴奋，那就等你看了书之后再说吧。

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    及物动词 Wait is used in expressions such as wait a minute, wait a second, and wait a moment to interrupt someone when they are speaking, for example, because you object to what they are saying or because you want them to repeat something. 等一下 (用以打断对方的谈话，或要求对方重复); 且慢

    "Wait a minute!" he broke in. "This is not giving her a fair hearing!"

    “且慢！”他插话道。“这没有给她一个公平的辩解机会。”

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    不及物动词 If an employee waits on you, for example, in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want. 服侍; 招待

    There were plenty of servants to wait on her.

    有许多佣人服侍她。

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    习语 If you say that you can't wait to do something or can hardly wait to do it, you are emphasizing that you are very excited about it and eager to do it. 急于要 (做某事)

    We can't wait to get started.

    我们迫不及待地想要开始了。

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    习语 If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it. 等着瞧

    We'll have to wait and see what happens.

    我们只有等着看将会发生什么事情。

wait[weit]

• n.
  • 1

    time during which some action is awaited

    同义词： delay / hold / time lag / postponement

  • 2

    the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

    the wait was an ordeal for him

    同义词： waiting

• v.
  • 1

    stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

    I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets

  • 2

    wait before acting

    同义词： hold off / hold back

  • 3

    look forward to the probable occurrence of

    he is waiting to be drafted

    同义词： expect / look / await

  • 4

    serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

    I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's

    同义词： waitress

• 经济学

  • 等待-引用次数：32

    Otherwise,it will wait and not implement.

    否则,就可以等待暂不实施。

    参考来源专利价值评估的实物期权方法

• 计算机科学技术

  • 等待-引用次数：76

    参考来源公交优先无线传输系统设计—《电脑知识与技术》—2009年第15期—龙源期刊网

  • 等候

• 电子、通信与自动控制技术

  • 等待

• 等待

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• 等候

  • V成功（victory）：要认可本人在生活中所取得的每一个小小的成功，并进行庆祝。 W等候（wait）：耐心等候,机会总会偏爱有预备的人。 X未知因数（Xfactor）：发现你本人和别人身上的专长，并将它发挥出来。

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• 坐等

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• 等

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短语
• wait for
  等候 | 等待 | 等待某人 | 延期执行语句
• wait state
  等待状态 | 等候状态 | 等待状况 | 零等候状态
• Wait and see
  拭目以待 | 观望 | 我们拭目以待 | 走着瞧
• Wait Until Dark
  盲女惊魂记 | 等到天黑 | 奇谋妙计女福星 | 盲女惊魂记等到天黑
• wait on
  服侍 | 伺候 | 侍候 | 招待
• wait time
  等待时间 | 候乘时间 | 等候时间 | 应答时间设置
• wait in line
  排队等候 | 排队 | 列队等待 | 排队等待
• circular wait
  循环等待 | 循环等待条件 | 循环式等候 | 轮回期待
• wait a minute
  等一会 | 等等 | 等一会儿

词根：wait

• adj.

  • waiting 等待的；服侍的

• n.

  • waiting 等待；服侍

• v.

  • waiting 等待；伺候（wait的ing形式）；延缓

• vt.

  • 等候；推迟；延缓

    await / phase back

• vi.

  • [计]等待；耽搁；伺候用餐

    delay

• n.

  • [计]等待；等候

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