| 词汇 | waited |
| 释义 | waited past simple and past participle ofwait wait verb[ I ] uk /weɪt/ us /weɪt/ A1 to allow time to go by, especially while staying in one place without doing very much, until someone comes, until something that you are expecting happens or until you can do something: 等待，等候;期盼，盼望 wait forI waited for her outside while she went in to see the doctor.她进去看病时我在外面等她。 The dentist kept me waiting for ages.牙医让我等了好久。 [ + to infinitive ]There were a lot of people waiting to use the phone.有很多人在等着打电话。 to wait waitWe need to wait in line for the tickets. wait forWe're waiting for the bus. awaitWe are awaiting the committee's decision. stayStay there until I get back. remainPlease remain in your seats until the plane has come to a complete stop. hang onHang on, I'll be ready in a minute. to be done or to happen at a later time: 推迟;耽搁 have to waitThe meeting will have to wait until tomorrow, because I'm too busy now.会议将不得不推迟到明天，因为我现在太忙了。 can't waitThe paperwork can't wait until tomorrow (= is urgent and must be done now).这些文书工作不能等到明天再做。 no waitingUK(USno standing) used on signs to mean vehicles are not allowed to park, even for short periods of time: 禁止停车 The sign by the side of the road said "no waiting!"路边的标志牌上写着“禁止停车”。 In hindsight, it would have been better to wait.事后看来，等一等会更好。 A small group of children waited outside the door.一小群孩子在门外等候。 She was very tense as she waited for the interview.在等待面试时她非常紧张。 I hate waiting for public transport.我讨厌等公交。 We can buy our duty-free while we're waiting at the airport.我们在机场候机时可以买些免税商品。 Staying and remaining abrupt halt be leftphrase closeted halt hang hold non-rotating non-tenured outstay overstay overwinter rest spot stand stay on stay putidiom stick stick around stop in tarry You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Waiting Delaying and wasting time GrammarExpect, hope or wait? We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns: … Expect We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns: … Hope We use hope when we do not know whether something will happen or not but we want it to happen. We use hope in the following patterns: … Wait We use wait when we refer to letting time pass because we are expecting that something is going to happen. We use wait in the following main patterns: … Expect, hope or wait: typical errors We don’t use wait or wait for to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect: … Wait or wait for? Wait means ‘stay in the same place or not do something until something else happens’. We can use it with or without for: … Idiomscan't wait wait your turn wait a minute/moment/second wait and see wait at table(s) wait for it wait in the wings wait till/until ... (just) you wait Phrasal verbswait around wait behind wait for someone/something wait for someone wait something for someone wait in wait on someone/something wait on someone wait on something wait something out wait up Examples of waitedwaited In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He had waited without moving, standing stock-still on the bank, peering into the water, hoping for another glimpse, a ripple in the water's surface even. One man was unemployed while he waited for a hernia operation. The couple now waited two and a half years before trying again. The normal behaviour was that people waited for a train, moved around a bit, got on a train, then left. He habitually addressed her as 'my dear' and she writes how she waited eagerly for his return when he went on tours. As a result, this linguistic orphan has waited until the later 20th century for adequate coverage in grammar book and dictionary. She waited for the second missed period 'just to be certain'. In 1996-97 about 13,000 patients had waited longer than 3 months for one of the selected procedures (21). At the end of the year in 1993 and 1994, only about 3,500 patients had waited longer than 3 months for one of these procedures. Those of us who have taught the histories, societies and cultures of the region have long waited for a reference work like this. Very often and in many spheres it has been the case - in previous years as well - that individuals have simply waited for orders and instructions. On weekends, long queues waited in the hot sun for the two rides. Almost all of the couples interviewed waited to complete their education before marriage. The place has waited for a long time and continues to wait. The raven went ahead of him, dug a hole in the ground with his left foot and waited for the boy. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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