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wait
Word family
ldoce_757_zwait1 /weɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb → weight
1 not go/start STH 不走/未开始某事 [intransitiveI]WAIT to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens, someone arrives etc 等，等候
wait for somebody/something to do something
wait (for) three hours/two weeks etc
keep somebody waiting (=make someone wait, especially by arriving late) 〔尤指因迟到而〕使某人一直等候
5Don’t say that you ‘are waiting’ someone or something. Say that you are waiting for someone or something.
不要说 you ‘are waiting’ someone 或 something。 而要说 you are waiting for someone 或 something。
n Grammar
You wait for something or someone:
I waited for the next bus.
✗Don’t say: I waited the next bus.You wait for someone to do something, or for something to happen: 等待〔已知将要发生或来临的事〕
She waited for him to finish speaking.
✗Don’t say: She waited him to finish speaking.2 STH has not happened 某事没有发生 [intransitiveI]EXPECT if you are waiting for something that you expect or hope will happen or arrive, it has not happened or arrived yet 期待，等待
3 wait a minute/second/moment etc spoken
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wait a minute/second/moment etc• And hey, wait a minute.• Beth, can it wait a minute?• They come back, you know, if I wait a minute.• I rounded the corner, then stopped, waited a moment and peeked back into the lobby.• Ward waited a moment by the door.• And wait a minute ... Sage Derby.• But wait a minute! - Wasn't that blood?• But wait a minute, what's this?
4 somebody can’t wait/can hardly wait spoken
5 something can/can’t wait AFTERif something can wait, it is not very urgent. If something can’t wait, it is very urgent 某事可以等[不急]/刻不容缓[不能等]
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6 wait and see spokenWAIT used to say that someone should be patient because they will find out about something later 等等看〔用于叫某人耐心等待事情的结果〕
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wait and see• I promise you, you just wait and see.• I would simply have to wait and see.• The best attitude to have towards money matters in 1993 is: wait and see.• Until recently, all she and her family could do was wait and see.• You said you were going to wait and see.• Staff at Oxford Regional health Authority will now have to wait and see how many of them are to keep their jobs.• They therefore had decided to wait and see how the operations progressed before attempting to formulate subsequent war strategy.• He decided to wait and see what happened in the other rehearsals.
7 wait until/till ... spokenEXCITED used when you are excited about telling or showing someone something 等到…〔用于兴奋地向某人诉说某事或展示某物〕
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wait until/till ...• He would wait until evening and the solitude of the rectory, and the peace of his newly dug garden.• Don't wait until it has been completed.• They were asked to wait until Kitty was eighteen and they agreed.• The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.• I wait till she has finished and gone upstairs.• It is not necessary to wait until the data are completely processed or analyzed before the report writing phase can begin.• I reactivated the potentially offending pieces of software, one by one, waiting until the problem reappeared.• But we have to wait until then.
8 be waiting (for somebody) WAITif something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, collect etc 〔某物已准备好〕可供(某人)使用[提取等]
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have ... waiting• To day is the day we have been waiting and preparing for.• Max told me that Smith would meet us on the following Monday, which would have meant waiting around for five days.• Toronto Maple Leafs fans, a crazed and critical lot, have been waiting for a Stanley Cup since 1967.• Frank would have been waiting for me wherever I had gone, like fate.• At home I have Little Women waiting for me.• I have a waiting list, Miss Thorne, and I am overcrowded as it is.• The residents could have been waiting to mug her with a Zimmer frame.
9 wait your turn WAITto stay calm until it is your turn to do something, instead of trying to move ahead of other people 〔冷静地〕等着轮到你
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10 something is (well) worth waiting for spokenGOOD/EXCELLENT used to say that something is very good, even though it takes a long time to come 某事物值得等〔表示某事物很好，值得久等〕
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11 (just) you wait spoken
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12 what are you waiting for? spokenDO something/TAKE ACTION used to tell someone to do something immediately 你还在等什么？〔用于叫某人马上做某事〕
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13 what are we waiting for? spokenDO something/TAKE ACTION used to say in a cheerful way that you think everyone should start doing something immediately 我们还等什么？〔用于高兴地建议大家立即做某事〕
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what are we waiting for?• What are we waiting for? Let's go eat.
14 wait for it British EnglishBrE spoken
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wait for it• However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question, he was going to have to wait for it.• The whole world was waiting for it.• All they had to do was sit back and wait for it all to fall apart.• We must, surely, eventually get to recovery, but we have been waiting for it for a long time.• His name was ... wait for it ... Mr Bacon.• They attacked life, they didn't sit quietly around waiting for it to flatten them.• Lynn and I both leaned forward over the pit waiting for it to start working.
15 be waiting in the wings WAITto be ready to do something if it is necessary or if a suitable time comes 正伺机而动
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be waiting in the wings• A new comedy wave, I suppose, is waiting in the wings.• If so, the Democrats would be waiting in the wings.• Shortstop Jose Vizcaino is a free agent, and if his price is too high Rich Aurilia is waiting in the wings.• The world's list of mammals is about five thousand long, but three thousand more may be waiting in the wings.• Young, a talented quarterback, was waiting in the wings for the day when Montana couldn't play.
16 wait tables American EnglishAmEDF to work in a restaurant serving food and drink to people at their tables 〔在餐馆〕端盘子，招待顾客
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wait tables• I spent the summer waiting tables.
17. (play) a/the waiting game WAITif you play a waiting game, you try to gain an advantage for yourself in a particular situation by deliberately doing nothing until you have seen what other people do (采取)伺机而动的策略
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(play) a/the waiting game• Although most people were relieved that the waiting game was over, the first days and nights were nerve-racking.• But von Steinholz wanted to play a waiting game and see where the trail led him.• Friday, and volunteer fireman Dave Papenfuss said it was purely a waiting game after that.• It was a waiting game now, she thought anxiously.• Lucy only wished that she could have more of the patience required to play a waiting game.• She had played a waiting game with great skill in the 1540s.• The Danley strike, like many others, was a waiting game and a numbers game.• Unfortunately, with work inhibition, the waiting game only ensures future problems.
n COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
wait two hours/ten minutes etc
William waited an hour for his sister to arrive.
wait long (=wait a long time – used especially in questions or negative sentences)
She did not have to wait long for a train.
wait ages informal esp British EnglishBrE (=wait a long time)
I had to wait ages for a bus.
patiently
They patiently waited for the rain to stop.
impatiently
He waited impatiently for a reply.
anxiously
All his friends were waiting anxiously for their exam results.
wait expectantly (=hoping that something good or exciting will happen soon)
phrasesHe took out his camera and waited expectantly.
keep somebody waiting
He kept us waiting for half an hour.
wait with bated breath (=while feeling very anxious or excited)
She waited with bated breath to see what he would say.
wait in vain (=wait for something that never happens)
They waited in vain for their son to come home.
THESAURUS
wait to stay somewhere or not do something until something else happens, someone arrives etc 等，等候
I’ll wait here while you call him.
我在这里等着，你打电话给他。
He said he was waiting for a friend.
他说他在等一个朋友。
hang around (also hang about British EnglishBrE) informal to wait in a place not doing anything, especially so that you are wasting time 等着，闲待着
They kept us hanging around for hours at the hospital.
他们让我们在医院干等了好几个小时。
hold on/hang on to wait because you are hoping that something will happen 坚持住，等待
The captain decided it was best to hold on and wait for the other ship to arrive.
船长决定最好是坚持等到另一艘船到达。
We hung on until the very last moment.
我们坚持到了最后一刻。
can you hold on/hang on? spoken used when telling someone to wait 你能稍等一会儿吗？
Can you hang on a minute? I just want to finish this email.
你能稍等一会儿吗？我想把这封电子邮件写完。
stand by/be on standby to wait and be ready to do something if needed – used especially about soldiers, police, medical teams etc 〔尤指士兵、警察、医疗队等〕待命
The army are standing by.
军队在待命。
Emergency services were on standby after someone called to say there was a bomb in the city centre.
有人打电话说在市中心有颗炸弹，应急机构的人员便待命准备行动。
await formal to wait for something – used about something that you know will happen or arrive 等待〔已知将要发生或来临的事〕
I will await your reply (=in a formal letter).
我恭候您的回复。
In February, nearly 200,000 prisoners were awaiting trial.
2月份，有近20万名囚犯在等待审判。
nThe soldiers awaited the order to advance.
5 FREQUENCY 使用频率
PHRASAL VERBSExamples from the Corpus
wait• "Have you heard about the job?" "No, I'm still waiting."• I'm so sorry I kept you waiting.• You'll have to wait a few minutes - I'm not ready yet.• The airline industry has adopted a wait-and-see attitude to the report's proposals.• I've done as much as I can - now all I can do is wait and see what happens.• After the first date he said he would phone her: she waited by the telephone until after midnight.• She waited for him to reply.• She believed in the ship, and was waiting for it.• The morning star has withdrawn behind the curtain of light to wait for its chance to shine again tomorrow.• People were jammed behind a metal fence, waiting for passengers coming in from abroad to emerge from Customs.• I'll stay here and wait for Suzie.• He waited for the applause to die down before he continued speaking.• We spent almost an hour just waiting for the bus.• Wait here until I get back.• They were calling off their comrades who waited in ambush further ahead.• Substantial supplies had to wait on the mining of reefs first found as late as 1880 outcropping on the Tawmaw plateau.• Where have you been? I've been waiting since 7:00.• I am waiting to try it out on some one.• Are you waiting to use the phone?• Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle.
wait to do something• They swim beneath the surface with sharp black fins, waiting to attack.• The thought that had been waiting to be revealed, waiting to take him by surprise.• Willie couldn't wait to begin drawing.• We had to wait to get on.• I can't wait to hear them.• Holmes did not wait to pay the cabbie, but ran inside.• It is as though they could not wait to sink into a dotage spent in permanent contemplation of their childhood.• The lag in developing team incentives is a trap waiting to spring.• Are you waiting to use the phone?
wait for somebody/something to do something• And the clouds had been waiting for her to call his name: Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel.• I watched this tape, waiting for my father to come home.• Hard pitches, dry ball ... and referees prepared to wait for it to emerge.• He stands silent, waiting for the gun to go.• Du Camp waited for this one to run its course like a fever.• Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.• Both were waiting for stardom to tap them on the shoulder.
wait2 ●●○ noun [singular]
1 WAITa period of time in which you wait for something to happen, someone to arrive etc 等候[等待]的时间
→ lie in wait at lie1(8)long/three-hour/two-week etc wait
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wait• So there is not that long a wait.• Relatives now face an anxious wait while the emergency services search the wreckage for survivors.• After a four-hour wait at the airport, we finally got on a flight to New York.• There is often a one-hour wait to see a doctor.• By the end of 1996 long waits had shot up again.• I'm sorry you have had such a long wait.• I do studies in my office on patient satisfaction, short waits, warmth and caring of my office personnel.• In many ways it's worth the wait.• A lot of patients face a two-year wait for treatment.
have a ... wait• Well, he would just have to wait.• I would simply have to wait and see.• But why did we have to wait 30 years to learn about them?• Economists will have to wait a while for how the federal government read Massachusetts' employment situation last month.• We will have to wait and keep an eye on that side of it.• We will have to wait and see whether caper berries take over when fromagefrais and raspberry vinegar are exhausted.• That would have to wait until the experiment was done.
(1100-1200) Old North French waitier “to watch”
wait1 verb
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⇨ wait (Wait for me!) ⇨ delay (This letter isn't urgent so it can wait.) ⇨ hope (the opportunity I've been waiting for) ⇨ be waiting ⇨ ready adj. wait ➡ See also the entry for expect 另见expect条 wait ♦︎ hang on ♦︎ hold on ♦︎ sit tight These words all mean to stay where you are or delay doing sth until sb/sth comes or sth happens. 这些词均表示等待、等候。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to wait / hang on / hold on / sit tight until sth happens ◆ to wait / hang on / hold on a minute / second ■ wait [intransitive , transitive ] to stay where you are or delay doing sth until sb/sth comes or sth happens 等；等待；等候 ◆ 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。 ◆ 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。 await ⇨ expect ▸ wait [countable , usually singular ] ◆ We had a long wait for the bus.我们等公共汽车等了很久。 ◆ It took six months for the house to be finished, but it was worth the wait .房子六个月才建好，但是等得值。 ■ ˌhang ˈon (informal , spoken ) used to tell sb to wait for a short time or stop what they are doing 等一下；停一下 ◆ Hang on－I'm not quite ready.等一下－我还没准备好。 ◆ Now hang on a minute－you can't really believe what you just said.等一会－你刚刚说的恐怕你自己都不信吧。 ■ ˌhold ˈon (informal , spoken ) to hang on 等一下；停一下 ◆ Hold on a minute while I get my breath back.稍等一下，让我喘口气。 ◆ Hold on! This isn't the right road.等一下！这条路不对。 ⓘ Hang on hold on . * hang on比hold on稍非正式。 ■ ˌsit ˈtight (sitting , sat , sat (written ) to stay in the same place, without moving away or changing position; to stay in the same situation, without changing your mind or taking any action 待着不动；守在原地；不轻举妄动 ◆ We sat tight and waited to be rescued.我们守在原地，等待救援。 ◆ Shareholders are being advised to sit tight until the crisis passes.股东们得到的忠告是，静待危机过去。
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wait
To remain in a place or situation: remain, stay, wait...
To delay action, wait or hesitate: delay, wait, hesitate...
Available and to be, or to become available: available, public, spare...
Pauses, intervals and halts: pause, interval, halt...
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