WAIT1 to wait2 what you say to tell someone to wait3 a period of time when you have to wait4 to make someone wait5 when you stand in a line of people waiting6 when someone is waiting for something to happenRELATED WORDSto believe that something will happen 相信某事会发生EXPECTsee alsoDELAYLATER1 to wait 等候wait /weɪt/ [intransitive verb]to spend time not doing very much, while you are expecting something to happen or expecting someone to arrive 等，等候，等待 Wait here until I get back. 在这里等我回来。 Hurry up, everyone's waiting. 快点，大家都在等着呢。wait for somebody I'll stay here and wait for Suzie. 我会待在这儿等苏齐。wait for something We spent almost an hour just waiting for the bus. 我们等公共汽车就花了将近一小时。wait (for) a minute/two hours/a long time etc Where have you been? I've been waiting since 7:00. 你去哪儿了？我从7点起就在等了。 You'll have to wait a few minutes - I'm not ready yet. 你得等几分钟—我还没准备好呢。wait to do something Are you waiting to use the phone? 你在等着用电话吗？wait for somebody/something to do something She waited for him to reply. 她等他的答复。 He waited for the applause to die down before he continued speaking. 他等掌声平息下来再继续讲话。keep somebody waitingmake someone wait, for example by arriving late 让某人等待 I'm so sorry I kept you waiting. 对不起，让你久等了。wait and seewait to find out what will happen 等着看〔将会发生什么事〕 I've done as much as I can - now all I can do is wait and see what happens. 我已尽力而为了一现在我能做的就是等等看会发生什么。wait-and-see attitude/position/approach etc The airline industry has adopted a wait-and-see attitude to the report's proposals. 对于这份报告的建议，航空业采取了观望态度。hold on/hang on /ˌhəʊld ˈɒn, ˌhæŋ ˈɒn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]spokento wait, especially in a difficult situation, hoping that something good will happen 【口】等一下〔尤在困难的情况下〕 Captain Damas decided it was best to hold on and wait for the other ship to arrive. 达马斯船长决定最好再等一下，等另一艘船到来。 We knew that if we hung on long enough, things were bound to change. 我们知道，只要坚持下去，事情肯定会改变的。hang aroundalsohang aboutBritish informal /ˌhæŋ əˈraʊnd ˌhæŋ əˈbaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalto wait in one place without doing anything, so that you are wasting time 【非正式】无所事事地等待，干等 Sally hung around for over an hour but no-one came. 萨莉空等了一个多小时，但一个人也没来。 I wish we could get on with the job. I hate all this hanging about. 我希望我们能继续把工作干下去，我不喜欢这么干等。hang around forBritish We spent half an hour hanging about for Kerry. 我们干等了克里半小时。hang around for hours/ages etc We were hanging around for hours before they opened the gates. 我们等候了几个小时他们才开门。keep somebody hanging around We can't keep our troops hanging around forever, doing nothing. 我们不能让军队永远这么耗着，无所事事。stand by /ˌstænd ˈbaɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to wait and be ready to do something if needed 待命；作好准备；准备行动 The family stood by, knowing that she might wake up any minute. 一家人守候着，知道她可能随时醒过来。stand by for The crew was ordered to stand by for take-off. 机组人员奉命作好起飞准备。stand by to do something The Foreign Minister had a helicopter standing by to whisk him to the northern city of Afula. 外交部长有一架直升机，随时待命迅速将他送往阿富拉北部城市。wait your turn /ˌweɪt jɔːʳ ˈtɜːʳn/ [verb phrase]to wait before doing something that other people are also waiting to do, because some of them have the right to do it before you 等待轮到你〔做某事〕 Everyone has to wait their turn. 所有人都得轮候。wait your turn to do something A long line of people waited their turn to shake his hand. 长长的一队人等着与他握手。sit out /ˌsɪt ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to wait until something has finished, especially something unpleasant or boring 一直等到〔某事〕结束〔尤指令人不快或生厌的事〕sit it out If the plane's late, there's nothing we can do except sit it out. 要是飞机误点，我们只能耐心等候。sit something out Tony forced himself to sit the play out. 托尼逼自己耐着性子坐到那出戏演完。sit out something Like many people in the community, we sat out the storm at home, hoping no disasters would occur. 与社区里的许多人一样，我们在家里等待暴风雨过去，希望不会发生灾害。await /əˈweɪt/ [transitive verb]formalto wait for something 【正式】等候，等待 The committee is awaiting a decision from head office before it takes any action. 委员会在等待总部作出决定之后再采取行动。 Two men have been charged with murder and are now in prison awaiting trial. 两个男人被控谋杀，现在在押候审。long-awaited /ˌlɒŋ əˈweɪtd◂ǁˌlɔːŋ-/ [adjective only before noun]used to describe things that you have waited for for a long time 等待已久的 The next morning we received the long-awaited order to attack. 第二天早上，我们接到等了很久的进攻命令。 It is hoped that these measures will trigger the long-awaited upturn in the economy. 希望这些措施能带来盼望已久的经济复苏。2 what you say to tell someone to wait 让某人等待的表达法wait /weɪt/ Wait, I have a better idea. 等一下，我想到了一个更好的主意。 Wait! We haven't talked to Vicky yet. 等一下！我们还没跟维基说呢！wait a minute/moment/second etc Wait a minute. I forgot to turn off the lights. 且慢，我忘记关灯了。 Wait a second, don't rush off! 等一等，别急！just a minute/second /ˌdʒʌst ə ˈmɪnt, ˈsekənd/say this when you want someone to wait a short time 稍等一下 Just a minute, I'm almost ready. 稍等一下，我马上就准备好。 Just a second, let me just check I've got my keys with me. 稍等一会，让我看看是不是把钥匙带上了。hold onalsohang onespecially British /ˌhəʊld ˈɒn, ˌhæŋ ˈɒn/use this to tell someone to wait for a short time 等一会儿 Hold on - I haven't finished yet. 等等，我还没做完呢。hold on a minute/moment/second etc Hang on a minute while I find her phone number. 等一会儿，我来找她的电话号码。wait and see /ˌweɪt ən ˈsiː/use this to tell someone to be patient because they will find out about something later 等着看〔用于叫某人耐心等待事情的结果〕 ‘So what's this surprise you've got for me then?’ ‘Wait and see.’ “那么你给我带来什么惊喜呢？”“等着看吧。” I'm not going to tell you who else I've invited - you'll just have to wait and see. 我不会告诉你还邀请了谁，你等着看就是了。see how things go /ˌsiː haʊ θɪŋz ˈgəʊ/ [verb phrase]say this when you are advising someone to wait before deciding something, in order to see how the situation develops 看看情况如何〔再作决定〕 Let's load up the program and see how things go. 我们把程序装好再看情况。 See how things go for another week, and if you're no better we'll change the treatment. 再观察一个星期，要是没有好转，我们就改变疗法。wait up /ˌweɪt ˈʌp/Americanuse this to tell someone to stop, because you want to talk to them or go with them 【美】停一下，等一下〔因为想跟某人说话或让自己赶上〕 Wait up, you guys! I can't walk that fast. 等一下，各位！我走不了那么快。I'll be right with you/be right there /aɪl biː ˌraɪt ˈwɪð juː, biː ˌraɪt ˈðeəʳ/say this when you want someone to know that you will be able to see them or talk to them very soon 我很快就到，我马上就来 I'm sorry for the delay, sir - I'll be right with you. 先生，对不起耽搁了—我很快就到。 Hang your coat up and make yourself at home - I'll be right there. 把外套挂起来，别拘束—我马上就来。bear with me /ˈbeəʳ wɪð miː/formaluse this to ask someone to wait patiently while you explain something or while you finish what you are doing 【正式】耐心地等我〔解释某事或做完手头的事〕 If you'll just bear with me, I'll explain. 你们要是有耐心，我就解释给你们听。 Bear with me for just a couple of minutes while I find my notes. 耐心等我几分钟，我在找我的笔记。hold your horses /ˌhəʊld jɔːʳ ˈhɔːʳsz/say this to someone who is hurrying too much, when you want them to slow down 〔叫别人别急，慢点 Hold your horses - I haven't even said I'll do the job yet! 别急，我还没说我要干这工作呢！all in good time /ˌɔːl ɪn gʊd ˈtaɪm/spokensay this to someone who wants you to hurry, to tell them that you are not going to 【口】不急〔对催促你的人说〕 ‘When are we going to open the presents?’ ‘All in good time.’ “我们什么时候把礼物打开呢？”“不急。〕3 a period of time when you have to wait 等待的一段时间wait /weɪt/ [singular noun] I'm sorry you have had such a long wait. 对不起让你久等了。 Relatives now face an anxious wait while the emergency services search the wreckage for survivors. 紧急应变机构在残骸中搜寻生还者的时候，亲属在焦急地等待。a ten-minute/two-hour etc wait After a four-hour wait at the airport, we finally got on a flight to New York. 在机场等了四小时后，我们终于登上了飞往纽约的班机。 A lot of patients face a two-year wait for treatment. 许多病人要等待两年才能得到治疗。4 to make someone wait 让某人等待keep somebody waiting /ˌkiːp somebody ˈweɪtɪŋ/ [verb phrase]to make someone wait, especially by arriving late 让某人一直等候〔尤因迟到〕 I'm sorry to keep you waiting. 对不起让你久等了。 She was annoyed because she had been kept waiting. 老是让她等着，她生气了。keep sb waiting for Lott kept us waiting for 40 minutes while he attended another meeting. 洛特参加了另一个会议，让我们等了40分钟。make somebody wait /ˌmeɪk somebody ˈweɪt/ [verb phrase]to deliberately make someone wait 故意让某人等候 Shaw made us wait a few days before giving us an answer. 肖故意让我们等了几天才告诉我们答案。 They made me wait for half an hour before allowing me to see my father. 他们故意让我等了半个小时才允许我见父亲。keep somebody in suspense /ˌkiːp somebody ɪn səˈspens/ [verb phrase]to make someone wait anxiously or excitedly before you tell them something that they are eager to know 让某人焦急〔紧张〕地等待〔很想知道的事〕 Come on - don't keep us in suspense - who won? 好啦—别让我们心悬着—谁赢了？ The audience is kept in suspense to the very end of the play. 观众焦急地一直等到戏演完了。keep somebody hanging on /ˌkiːp somebody ˌhæŋɪŋ ˈɒn/ [verb phrase]to make someone wait a long time for something that you are not actually going to give them 〔不打算给某人某物却〕让某人久等，让某人空等 They kept me hanging on for three weeks before they finally told me they weren't going to give me the job. 他们让我空等了三个星期，最后才告诉我不会给我那份工作。5 when you stand in a line of people waiting 排队等候queue (up) /ˌkjuː (ˈʌp)/ [intransitive verb]Britishto stand in a line of people who are all waiting for the same thing 【英】排队 Students were queuing up at the bus-stop. 学生在公共汽车站排队等候。queue (up) to do something It's worth queuing up to get the best tickets. 排队买最好的票是值得的。queue (up) for I hope we don't have to queue for tickets. 我希望我们不需要排队买票。stand/wait in line /ˌstænd, ˌweɪt ɪn ˈlaɪn/ [verb phrase]Americanto stand in a line of people who are all waiting for the same thing 【美】排队 Go and wait in line like everyone else. 跟别人一样去排队。stand/wait in line for There were about 50 people standing in line for tickets outside the club. 俱乐部外有50人左右在排队买票。stand/wait in line to do something People stood in line to touch him, believing his body had healing powers. 人们排着队要来摸他，相信他的身体有治病的能力。line up /ˌlaɪn ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if peopleline up, they go and stand in a line and wait to do something or be given something 排队 The guard ordered us to line up by the wall. 卫兵命令我们靠墙排好队。line up to do something Christopher and the other children lined up to receive their awards. 克里斯托弗和其他孩子排队领奖。queueBritish/lineAmerican /kjuː, laɪn/ [countable noun]a group of people, standing one behind the other, who are all waiting for the same thing 〔为等候而排的〕队，行列 The queue went right round the block. 队伍就绕着街区排了起来。queue for There was a long queue for the toilets. 厕所门口排起了长队。the front/back of the queue/line After waiting for an hour, we finally got to the front of the line. 等了一小时，我们终于排到了队伍的前面。join a queue/get in line I joined the queue for a taxi. 我排队等出租车。 Two people tried to get in line ahead of us. 两个人试图在我们前面插队。be in the queueBritish/be in (the) lineAmerican /biː ɪn ðə ˈkjuː, biː ɪn (ðə) ˈlaɪn/ [verb phrase]to be waiting in a line with people who are all waiting for the same thing 排队等候 While I was in the queue at the bank I met an old school friend. 我在银行排队时遇到了一位老同学。 Kerry started talking to the people who were in line ahead of us. 克里开始与排在我们前面的人交谈起来。be in the queue for Several people in the line for the rollercoaster gave up and left. 有几个排队坐过山车的人放弃排队离开了。jump the queue /ˌdʒʌmp ðə ˈkjuː/ [verb phrase]Britishto get something before other people who have been waiting for it longer than you 【英】插队 My official uniform meant that we could jump the queue. 我的官式制服意味着我们可以插队。 While ordinary citizens had to wait months to get hospital treatment, government officials were able to jump the queue. 普通公民要等好几个月才得到住院治疗，而政府官员却能插队。push in/cut in /ˌpʊʃ ˈɪn, ˌkʌt, ˈɪn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalto join a line in front of other people who are already waiting, so that you get something before them 【非正式】插队 I hate people who push in in front of me! 我讨厌人家在我前面插队。 Hey, that guy just cut in line! 嗨，那家伙插队了！6 when someone is waiting for something to happen 某人等候某事发生patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ [adjective]able to wait calmly without becoming annoyed or bored 有耐心的 I'm sure she'll write soon. Just try to be patient. 我相信她很快就会写信来的，耐心点吧。 Halle was patient, waiting for the boy to finish his explanation. 哈利很有耐心，等那男孩子解释完。patiently [adjective] The audience waited patiently for the show to begin. 观众耐心地等待演出开始。patience [uncountable noun]when you can wait calmly without becoming annoyed or bored 耐心，耐性 It's easy to grow your own plants - all you need is a little time and patience. 种植花草很简单—需要的只是一点点时间和耐心。impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ [adjective]becoming annoyed because you have been waiting for a long time 无耐心的，不耐烦的〔因为已等了很长时间〕 Don't be so impatient. I'm working as fast as I can. 别那么没有耐心，我已在尽快干了。 By this time there was a queue of impatient customers waiting to be served. 这时，已经有一队很不耐烦的顾客在等着有人去招呼他们。impatient for The new minister was almost immediately the object of attack by politicians and press impatient for results. 新部长几乎立即成了没有耐心等待结果的政客和媒体攻击的目标。get/become/grow impatient (with) I could see that Max was getting impatient with me. 我看得出马克斯对我越来越不耐烦了。impatiently [adjective] The customs officer waved them on impatiently. 海关官员不耐烦地挥手叫他们往前走。impatience [uncountable noun]annoyance caused by waiting for a long time 〔因为等了很久而〕无耐心，不耐烦 People were beginning to show signs of impatience. 人们开始表现出不耐烦的迹象了。look forward to /ˌlʊk ˈfɔːʳwəʳd tuː/ [transitive phrasal verb]to wait happily or excitedly for something that is going to happen 〔快乐地或兴奋地〕盼望，期待 I'm really looking forward to this trip to Japan. 我非常期待这次日本之行。 We used to look forward to the weekends because that was when we could spend some time together. 我们过去常常盼望周末，因为周末我们就可以有时间在一起了。look forward to to doing something I look forward to meeting you next month. 我盼望着下个月跟你见面。can't wait /ˌkɑːnt ˈweɪtǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]if you say youcan't wait, you mean you feel excited and impatient because something good is going to happen and you want it to happen as soon as possible 等不及〔好事情的发生〕 We're flying to Austria on Friday. I can't wait! 我们星期五就要坐飞机去奥地利；我都等不及了！can't wait for I can't wait for Christmas! 我迫不及待要过圣诞节了！ School is so boring. I can't wait for the holidays to come. 上学很没劲，我迫不及待要放假了。can't wait to do something I can't wait to see their new house. 我迫不及待想看他们的新房子。 She couldn't wait to quit her job and get married. 她巴不得辞职结婚去。hold your breath /ˌhəʊld jɔːʳ ˈbreθ/ [verb phrase]to wait anxiously to see what is going to happen, especially when there is a possibility that something bad may happen 屏息以待〔尤指不好的事可能要发生〕 Rachel held her breath as she waited for his answer. 雷切尔屏住呼吸，等他的回答。 The art world will be holding its breath to see how much these paintings sell for at auction. 艺术界将屏息以待想看看这些画在拍卖会上可以卖得多少钱。expectant /ɪkˈspektənt/ [adjective usually before noun]waiting hopefully and excitedly for something to happen 期待的 Bright expectant faces were turned upward toward the stage. 一张张欢快的、充满期待的脸都抬起来转向舞台。 Expectant crowds waited outside the theatre. 期待的人群在剧院外等候。 The darkened assembly room became suddenly hushed and expectant as the picture appeared on the screen. 屏幕上出现图像时，黑漆漆的会议室里顿时安静下来，充满了期待。expectantly [adverb] Patrick looked at me expectantly. 帕特里克满心期待地看着我。
