1.[i][t]等；等待；等候to stay where you are or delay doing sth until sb/sth comes or sth happens
She rang the bell and waited.她按铃后等候着。
Have you been waiting long?你等了很久了吗？
I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.我等了二十分钟。
I'll wait outside until the meeting's over.我会在外面等到会议结束。
Wait for me!等等我！
We're waiting for the rain to stop before we go out.我们要等到雨停了再出去。
Hurry up! We're waiting to go.快点儿，我们等着走呢。
You'll just have to wait your turn(= wait until your turn comes) .你得等着轮到你才行。
2.[i][t]（尤指长期地）希望，盼望，期待to hope or watch for sth to happen, especially for a long time
Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years.利兹联队企盼夺冠已经十八年了。
This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for.这正是我一直在期待的机会。
He's waiting for me to make a mistake.他正盼着我出错呢。
I waited my chance and slipped out when no one was looking.我等待时机，趁没人注意时溜了出去。
3.[i]准备妥；在手边；可得到；可使用to be ready for sb to have or use
There's a letter waiting for you at home.家里有你一封信。
The hotel had a taxi waiting to collect us.旅馆召了辆出租车等着接我们。
4.[i]推迟；搁置；延缓to be left to be dealt with at a later time because it is not urgent
I've got some calls to make but they can wait until tomorrow.我有几个电话要打，不过可以等到明天再说。
The children can't wait for Christmas to come.孩子们等圣诞节都等不及了。
I can hardly wait to see him again.我迫不及待地想再次见到他。
The children can't wait for Christmas to come.孩子们等圣诞节都等不及了。
I can hardly wait to see him again.我迫不及待地想再次见到他。
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.对不起，让你久等了。
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.对不起，让你久等了。
We'll just have to wait and see─there's nothing we can do at the moment.我们只得等等看，眼下没有法子。
a wait-and-see policy等待观望的政策
‘Where are we going?’ ‘Wait and see!’“我们到哪里去？”“等着瞧吧！”
We'll just have to wait and see─there's nothing we can do at the moment.我们只得等等看，眼下没有法子。
a wait-and-see policy等待观望的政策
‘Where are we going?’ ‘Wait and see!’“我们到哪里去？”“等着瞧吧！”
They're off on a trip, to─wait for it─the Maldives!他们出去旅行了，去的地方是，听好了，马尔代夫！
They're off on a trip, to─wait for it─the Maldives!他们出去旅行了，去的地方是，听好了，马尔代夫！
Can you wait a second while I make a call?你能等一会儿让我打个电话吗？
Wait a minute─this isn't the right key.等一等，不是这把钥匙。
Can you wait a second while I make a call?你能等一会儿让我打个电话吗？
Wait a minute─this isn't the right key.等一等，不是这把钥匙。
Wait till you see what I've found!你等着看我发现了什么吧！
Wait till you see what I've found!你等着看我发现了什么吧！
If the car needs cleaning, what are you waiting for?如果这辆汽车需要清洗，你还在等什么呢？
If the car needs cleaning, what are you waiting for?如果这辆汽车需要清洗，你还在等什么呢？
I'll be famous one day, just you wait!我有朝一日会出名的，你就等着瞧吧！
I'll be famous one day, just you wait!我有朝一日会出名的，你就等着瞧吧！
1.[ususing]~ (for sb/sth)等候；等待；等待的时间an act of waiting; an amount of time waited
We had a long wait for the bus.我们等公共汽车等了很长时间。
He now faces an agonizing two-month wait for the test results.他现在要苦苦等待两个月才能拿到测验结果。
They wait for a boss (hopefully a great one) to give them responsibility or authority or experiences that add up to a career.
他们等待老板（最好是一个好老板）给他们任务或者是权利或者是有用的经历给他们历练。
Well, you know, even tigers are afraid of me. You do not play with me, you wait and see!
哼，你们知道吗？就连老虎都怕我三分，你们不和我玩，有你们好瞧的！
Mary Dan, the youngest, asked me to wait for her to grow up so that we could get married.
玛丽。丹，他们家的老么，让我等着她长大，我们好结为夫妻。
It was kind of him to wait.
多蒙他好心等候。
So it was no surprise when he told a pro-immigration rally in Las Vegas last month that reform could wait no longer.
因此，他上月在拉斯维加斯支持移民的集会上表示移民改革迫在眉睫毫不令人意外。
Worried about having to stand up in the aisle in a crowded bus, or to wait hours for the next departure?
你还在担心只能站在拥挤的大巴过道里或者为赶上下一班车而等待几个钟头吗？
Shout "Fire! " in a crowded theatre and people do not wait to see the evidence before they rush for the exits.
就好像在坐满观众的剧院里大喊一声“着火了”，人们不等看到就已经狂奔向出口。
Yeah, you'll be back in a few days. I can't wait to see ya. What? You're glad Rebecca's here?
是，你过几天就会回来。我等不及要见你。什么？你高兴丽贝卡在这儿？
Pawan told Thuma that he wanted to marry her, so Thuma told him to wait and she would divorce her husband to be with him.
Pawan告诉Thuma想要娶她，所以Thuma请他给她一段时间，她会跟她老公离婚之后跟他在一起。
Please wait for a while. I shall explain it for you after I finish this.
请稍等，我办完这笔业务再为您解答。
You are still the person I love , I'll wait for you till the day you give your hand for me with your heart.
你仍然是我最喜欢的人，我会等到你牵起我手的那一天。
Zhang says the competition , humor and office gossip in the book intrigue d her. "I can't wait to embark on my own career, " she said.
张珊珊还说，书中所描写的竞争，诙谐幽默的语言和办公室八卦深深吸引了她。“我迫不及待地想开始自己的职场生涯，”她说。
She had heard the new rules, and did not mind the long wait as long as it kept her safe.
她已经听说了新规定，只要为了保证安全，并不介意长时间的等待。
Frank: Yeah. I'm ready to submit everything now. We just have to wait for them to call our number.
是啊。我都准备好了，可以交出去了。现在只等他们叫我们的号码。
When the King of Lu prepared to start the offensive, Cao Gui, his general, stopped him and said: "Wait a moment! The time has not come. "
鲁王正准备下令发动进攻，他的将军曹刽阻止道：“等等，现在还不行。”
Maybe I will never have your heart, but I hope you know that I will always wait for you. Even more painful to wait than to leave.
也许我永远不会拥有你的心，但我希望你知道，我会永远等着你。痛苦的等待，而不是离开。
I can wait to be able to leave also but I only want to know fact and truth.
我可以等待也可以离开，但我只想知道事实和真相！
She said, in fact, anyone to leave our life, life always continues, no one must stay for us, I should not wait for no man.
她说，其实任何一个人离开我们的生活，生活始终都还在继续，没有人必须为我们停留，我也不该为任何人停留。
Do not forget about me 'cause I will forever think about you, and I cannot wait for you to see me again.
别忘记我，因为我会永远惦记着你们，我等不及再次让你们看到我。
You just have to be willing to wait a year, but trust me, a year goes by pretty fast these days (I think it's inflation or something). 1.
你只需要花一年的时间来等待结果，但是相信我，现在的一年过得是很快的（我想是通货膨胀或者其它的原因吧）。
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