wait

高中CET4CET6

英[we?t]
美[we?t]

基本釋義

v.
等(候); 盼望; 準(zhǔn)備妥當(dāng); 推遲,延緩; 服務(wù),服侍
n.
等候,等待(的時(shí)間)

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

She rang the bell and waited.

她按鈴后等候著。

牛津詞典

Have you been waiting long?

你等了很久了嗎?

牛津詞典

I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.

我等了二十分鐘。

牛津詞典

Wait for me!

等等我!

牛津詞典

We're waiting for the rain to stop before we go out.

我們要等到雨停了再出去。

牛津詞典

I'll wait outside until the meeting's over.

我要在外面等到會(huì)議結(jié)束。

牛津詞典

Hurry up! We're waiting to go.

快點(diǎn)兒,我們等著走呢。

牛津詞典

You'll just have to wait your turn (= wait until your turn comes) .

你得等著輪到你才行。

牛津詞典

Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years.

利茲聯(lián)隊(duì)企盼奪冠已經(jīng)十八年了。

牛津詞典

This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for.

這正是我一直在期待的機(jī)會(huì)。

牛津詞典

He's waiting for me to make a mistake.

他正盼著我出錯(cuò)呢。

牛津詞典

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

我走到街角等校車。

Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen...

不要坐等事情發(fā)生。要?jiǎng)?chuàng)造條件讓它們發(fā)生。

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

組織者宣布結(jié)果之前長(zhǎng)達(dá)4小時(shí)的等待

There'll be a car waiting for you...

會(huì)有輛汽車等你。

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

我們到家時(shí),有一頓美餐正等著我們享用。

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

我想和你談?wù)?,但可以晚點(diǎn)再說(shuō)。

Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.

任何改變都要等找到贊助商之后再作決定。

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

如果你覺(jué)得所有這些聽(tīng)起來(lái)令人興奮,那就等著去讀這本書(shū)吧。

As soon as you get some food inside you, you'll feel more cheerful. Just you wait.

吃點(diǎn)兒東西你就會(huì)打起精神的。等著瞧吧。

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

“等一下,”他插嘴說(shuō),“這沒(méi)有給她一個(gè)公平的解釋機(jī)會(huì)!”

There were plenty of servants to wait on her...

有很多仆人服侍她。

Each student is expected to wait at table for one week each semester.

每學(xué)期每個(gè)學(xué)生都要在餐廳服務(wù)一周。

We can't wait to get started...

我們迫不及待地想開(kāi)始。

It's gonna be great. I can hardly wait...

那一定很棒。我都等不及了。

Arms bend. Arms upward. Wait for it. Stretch.

手臂彎曲。手臂上舉。保持一下。伸展。

A cool $500,000 is to be spent on obtaining genuine 17th-century air from the inside of, wait for it, an occupied lead coffin.

將花費(fèi)整整50萬(wàn)美元獲取貨真價(jià)實(shí)的17世紀(jì)的空氣,注意了,是從一個(gè)內(nèi)有尸體的鉛制棺材里獲得。

We'll have to wait and see what happens.

我們只好等等看將會(huì)發(fā)生什么。

...a wait-and-see attitude.

觀望態(tài)度

Well, what are you waiting for? Do I have to ask you for a kiss?

那你還等什么呢?難道要我求你吻我嗎?

真題例句

The woman is waiting for a call.

出自-2014年6月聽(tīng)力原文

What is the woman waiting for?

出自-2013年6月聽(tīng)力原文

This is not the first time we've had to wait for her.

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

He is irritated at having to wait for Jane

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

Contrary to the old warning that time waits for no one, time slows down when you are on the move.

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

I did all the cooking myself and my wife waited on tables.

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

Well, I'm afraid we must wait until all the applications are in, in writing, and we'll then decide on the short list.

出自-2010年12月聽(tīng)力原文

We arrived to find a line of students waiting outside.

出自-2010年12月聽(tīng)力原文

It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until Sunday for the telephone rates to drop

出自-2010年12月聽(tīng)力原文

I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job, so I didn't have to wait too long.

出自-2010年6月聽(tīng)力原文

Ask the name of the person waiting on you.

出自-2010年6月聽(tīng)力原文

Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby.

2017年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

Happy golden birthday! I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back.

2017年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

I can't wait, and if Tom goes, we could go sailing.

2017年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

I do want to get married, but she thinks we need to wait until we've launched our careers.

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

Oh, wait, it's your girlfriend, isn't it?

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

so, I'm really enjoying it and I can' t wait for my next session, although the lessons are rather expensive.

2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

There are people who always wait until the last minute, and make it much harder than it needs to be.

2017年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

One needs the designers, and perhaps the regulators, before the builders and operators, and each group of workers in training has to know there is work waiting beyond graduation.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Short-term oil shortage drove American consumers to wait in long lines at gas pumps.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

She's excited because, as she puts it, "I don't have to wait [until] 15 years from now" to make sense of the world

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

Waiting for someone at the airport

出自-2014年6月聽(tīng)力原文

The other people would e-mail and wait up to two weeks for an answer.

出自-2013年6月聽(tīng)力原文

She will wait for the man at the south gate

出自-2013年6月聽(tīng)力原文

The man has to wait to get his medicine.

出自-2013年6月聽(tīng)力原文

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

M : sorry to have kept you waiting ,Madam , I've located your luggage, it was left behind in Paris and won't arrive until later this evening W : oh ,I can't believe this ,have it been to delivered to my hotel then ,I guess Q :what happened to the woman's luggage

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

She often keeps other people waiting.

出自-2011年6月聽(tīng)力原文

I can't wait to see them, I'm wondering if the shots I took are as good as I thought.

出自-2010年12月聽(tīng)力原文

Most seeds can wait out the dry, unwelcoming seasons until conditions are right and they sprout.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration FA and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

You have to wait for the speaker to deliver quite a chunk of language before you then put it into the second language, which puts your short-term memory under intense stress.

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section A

A cousin to the watched-pot wait is the forced wait.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

According to London underground, only 40 percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the "standing "side.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

After all, forced waiting requires patience.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

After spotting a wallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the owner to return.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 完形填空 原文

Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without operation.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

But we have to wait in line to pay for these things we need.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 聽(tīng)力 原文

During these waits, the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Good idea! Could you make sure the taxi will be waiting for me outside at 8: 00 p.m.?

2016年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 聽(tīng)力 原文

Great! I can't wait to show them around our new house.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 聽(tīng)力 原文

He's still waiting for a flight out of New York.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 聽(tīng)力 原文

I can't wait! there's so much to see and do and eat! Paris has some of the most wonderful cheeses in the world.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(10月) 聽(tīng)力 原文

I could hardly wait to meet him.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷I 完形填空 原文

I could hardly wait to try this adventure again.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

I got here a few days ago, on Saturday...oh, no, wait a minute...sorry, Friday, not Saturday.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖南卷 聽(tīng)力 原文

I hurried directly to my backyard, where an apple tree patiently waited for me.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)四川卷 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a habit.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 完形填空 原文

If the self-centred guest arrives late, the nine others at the table set for ten will have to wait.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

I'll wait for you at the office.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 聽(tīng)力 原文

I'm waiting for the train to central station.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 聽(tīng)力 原文

Into the complete silence of the waiting class came the teacher's sweet voice, "Good morning, children."

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖北卷 句子填空 原文

It is less voluntary than the forced wait.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

It is more fruitful than the forced wait.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

Marian Bechtel sits at west palm beach's bar louie counter by herself, quietly reading her e-book as she waits for her salad.

2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Now Alia waited for the war to end and dreamed of peace and a new library.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

Obediently, my class lay their heads on their desks, closed their eyes and waited.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖南卷 完形填空 原文

Oh, wait a minute! I made a mistake.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 聽(tīng)力 原文

On march 19, Dennis got a group text informing him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital, waiting for the arrival of a baby.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷3 完形填空 原文

On the surface it seems as ridiculous as following the directions on soup mixes, but the lucky-break wait well serves those who are willing to do it.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

One day, while waiting to go in for treatment, I had one of dr.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 完形填空 原文

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about being late for school.

2014年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 語(yǔ)法填空 原文

Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the lucky-break wait.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Properly preparing packaged noodle soup requires a forced wait.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Science projects waited until the last moment.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

She couldn't wait to tear the newspaper apart.

2019年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項(xiàng)

She'd look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers, beam her need, and then wait, trusting I would understand — which, strangely, I almost always did.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

She'd watch me coming down her street, and by the time I'd biked up to her doorstep, there'd be a cold drink waiting.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷(11月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

The author supports his view by analyzing different categories of "waits".

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 題設(shè)

The donor can only wait for that long.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

The forced wait makes people passive.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

The forced wait requires some self-control.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

The girls on the wesleyan academy softball were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet to stay warm, eighth-grader Taylor bisbee shivered a little as she watched her teammate Paris white play.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

The letter ended with a personal request: "Boy, on my next birthday, just tell me to wake up and get going, because I will have one less year to do things and there are ten million things waiting to be done."

2015年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

The next time you're standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you'll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don't be desperate.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

The rest of us have to evade them or just stand still to wait for the unavoidable collision.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)湖南卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

The very purest form of waiting is the watched-pot wait.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

The watched-pot wait engages body and brain.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

There were many people waiting at the bus stop, and some of them looked very anxious and disappointed.

2014年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 語(yǔ)法填空 原文

They waited to see what the rest of the class would do.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindless.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

This type of wait is unusual in that it is for the most part voluntary.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Turning one's life into a waiting game requires faith and hope, and is strictly for the optimists among us.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Unlike the forced wait, which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does not necessarily mean that it will happen.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

We certainly do spend a good deal of our time waiting.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

We have been waiting here for more than two hours.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 單項(xiàng)選擇 原文

When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

2014年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

When neither of these methods removed the static noise, I would sit helplessly and wait for the noise to go away.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

While doing a watched-pot wait, we tend to get absent-minded.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 題設(shè)

Yet the bad news is students have been made to wait outside before school.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)上海卷 聽(tīng)力 原文

You are waiting at a wrong place.

2016年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 單項(xiàng)填空 原文

You go ahead, and I'll catch up on some sports news while waiting.

2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷3 聽(tīng)力 原文

Your friend can wait outside for the discussion.

2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 主旨概括 原文

In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseeker’s allowance.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice shows up: The divorced male doesn't have a waiting period before he can remarry while the woman must wait ten months.

2016年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseeker's allowance.

2014年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

We don't have time to wait.

2019年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

We will have to wait and see exactly how these hard times will reshape our social fabric.

2012年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. time during which some action is awaited;

    "instant replay caused too long a delay"

    "he ordered a hold in the action"

  • 2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something);

    "the wait was an ordeal for him"

Verb
  • 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

  • 3. look forward to the probable occurrence of;

    "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"

    "She is looking to a promotion"

    "he is waiting to be drafted"

  • 4. serve as a waiter in a restaurant;

    "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"

同義詞辨析

wait, await

這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均含"等,等待"之意。

  • wait: 普通用詞,側(cè)重靜候于某處,直到等候或期待的人或事物的到來(lái),通常用作不及物動(dòng)詞,與for連用。
  • await: 正式用詞,及物動(dòng)詞,通常指不斷等待,多含耐心意味。

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