await

1. V-T If you await someone or something, you wait for them. 等候[正式]

Very little was said as we awaited the arrival of the chairman. 我们在等候主席的到来时几乎没说什么话。

2. V-T Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. 将发生在…身上[正式]

A surprise awaited them in Wal-Mart. 一件意想不到的事情正在沃尔玛里等待着他们。