wait

1. V-T/V-I 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[no passive]

I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus. 我走到一個街道柺角処等校車。

I waited to see how she responded. 我等著看她如何反應。

We had to wait a week before we got the results. 我們不得不等候一個星期才拿到了結果。

2. waitingN-UNCOUNT 等候

The waiting became almost unbearable. 等待變得幾乎令人難以忍受了。

3. N-COUNT A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something. 等待的時間

...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result. …組織者們宣佈結果前4個小時的等待。

4. V-T/V-I If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do. 等 (你) 使用; 等 (你) 去做[usu cont]

There'll be a car waiting for you. 將會有輛車等著你。

When we came home we had a meal waiting for us. 我們廻到家時，有一頓飯正等著我們去享用。

He had a car waiting to take him back to the office. 有一輛車等著送他廻辦公室。

5. V-I 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. 延緩[no cont]

I want to talk to you, but it can wait. 我想和你談談，但可以等會兒再說。

6. V-I You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them. 等著吧 (期望引起對方興奮之情，或鼓勵對方); 等著瞧 (表示威脇)[only imper]

If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book. 如果你覺得所有這些聽起來令人興奮，那就等你看了書之後再說吧。

7. V-T 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 (用以打斷對方的談話，或要求對方重複); 且慢[口語] [only imper]

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

“且慢！”他插話道。“這沒有給她一個公平的辯解機會。”

8. V-I 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. 有許多傭人服侍她。

9. PHRASE 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. 急於要 (做某事)[口語]

We can't wait to get started. 我們迫不及待地想要開始了。

10. PHRASE 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. 等著瞧

We'll have to wait and see what happens. 我們衹有等著看將會發生什麽事情。