wait

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【释义】：

vi．❶ 等，等待，等候：Wait for me，please．请等我一下．Please wait a minute．请等一下．I’ll be waiting to hear your proposal．我等你拿出主意来．I wait for you to decide．我等你作出决定．keep sb．waiting使人等著：Sorry to have kept you waiting．叫你久等了，对不起Time and tide wait for no man．【谚】时不待人．❷ 服侍：wait at(or on)table侍候人吃饭．wait upon(or on)sb．服侍某人．

－vt．❶ 等，窥伺：The reactionaries are always waiting an opportunity to stage a comeback．反动派总是等待时机卷土重来．You must wait your turn．你要等著轮到你的班．❷ 耽搁，拖延：Don’t wait dinner for me．晚饭不要等我．wait·er n．❶ (饭厅、旅馆等的)服务员．❷ 等候的人．❸ 托盘．

－n．等，等待，等候：We had a long wait for the bus．我们等好长时间汽车．lay(or lie in) wait for埋伏以待．