waits

英 [weɪts] 美 [weɪts]

v.  等; 等待; 等候; (尤指长期地)希望，盼望，期待; 准备妥; 在手边; 可得到; 可使用
wait的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 等待;等候
    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.
    1. I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus...
      我走到街角等校车。
    2. Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen...
      不要坐等事情发生。要创造条件让它们发生。
    3. I waited to see how she responded...
      我等着看她如何回应。
    4. Angus got out of the car to wait...
      安格斯从汽车里出来等着。
    5. We will have to wait a week or so before we know whether the operation is a success...
      我们还得等一周左右才能知道手术是否成功。
    6. He told waiting journalists that he did not expect a referendum to be held for several months.
      他告诉守候着的记者，他认为几个月内不会举行全民公决。
  2. N-COUNT 等待;等待的时间
    A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something.
    1. ...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.
      组织者宣布结果之前长达4小时的等待
  3. VERB 准备妥当;可获得;可使用
    If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do.
    1. There'll be a car waiting for you...
      会有辆汽车等你。
    2. When we came home we had a meal waiting for us...
      我们到家时，有一顿美餐正等着我们享用。
    3. Ships with unfurled sails wait to take them aboard...
      船只扬起风帆，等待他们上船。
    4. Three-hundred railway wagons were waiting to be unloaded...
      有300个铁路货车车厢等着卸货。
    5. He had a taxi waiting to take him to the train...
      他让一辆出租车等着带他到火车站去。
    6. The President had his plane waiting, 20 minutes' drive away.
      总统让飞机在20分钟车程的地方等着。
  4. VERB 延缓;推迟;搁置
    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.
    1. I want to talk to you, but it can wait...
      我想和你谈谈，但可以晚点再说。
    2. Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.
      任何改变都要等找到赞助商之后再作决定。

    5. Do not confuse wait for, expect, and look forward to. When you wait for someone or something, you stay in the same place until the person arrives or the thing happens. Whisky was served while we waited for him... We got off the plane and waited for our luggage. When you are expecting someone or something, you think that the person or thing is going to arrive or that the thing is going to happen. I sent a postcard, so they were expecting me... We are expecting rain. When you look forward to something that is going to happen, you feel happy because you think you will enjoy it. I'll bet you're looking forward to your holidays... I always looked forward to seeing her.
    不要混淆 wait for，expect 和 look forward to。wait for 是指在原地等待某人到来或某事发生。例如，Whisky was served while we waited for him (在我们等他的时候，威士忌端上来了)，We got off the plane and waited for our luggage (我们下了飞机，等着取行李)。expect 表示认为某人或某物即将到来，或某事即将发生。例如，I sent a postcard, so they were expecting me (我寄了张明信片，所以他们知道我要来)，We are expecting rain (我们预计会下雨)。look forward to 表示乐于见到某事发生，因为会从中获取乐趣。例如，I'll bet you're looking forward to your holidays (我敢肯定你正盼望着假期)，I always looked forward to seeing her (我总盼望着见到她)。

  5. VERB (用于鼓励或威胁)等着
    You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them.
    1. If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book...
      如果你觉得所有这些听起来令人兴奋，那就等着去读这本书吧。
    2. As soon as you get some food inside you, you'll feel more cheerful. Just you wait.
      吃点儿东西你就会打起精神的。等着瞧吧。
  6. VERB (用于打断讲话)等一下，慢着
    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.
    1. 'Wait a minute!' he broke in. 'This is not giving her a fair hearing!'
      “等一下，”他插嘴说，“这没有给她一个公平的解释机会！”
  7. VERB 服务;服侍;招待
    If an employee waits on you, for example in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want.
    1. There were plenty of servants to wait on her...
      有很多仆人服侍她。
    2. Each student is expected to wait at table for one week each semester.
      每学期每个学生都要在餐厅服务一周。
  8. PHRASE 等不及;迫不及待;渴望
    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.
    1. We can't wait to get started...
      我们迫不及待地想开始。
    2. It's gonna be great. I can hardly wait...
      那一定很棒。我都等不及了。
    3. I could hardly wait to get out of there.
      我迫不及待地要离开那里。
  9. CONVENTION (让人在命令下达前勿提前做某事)等一等
    You say 'wait for it' to stop someone from doing something too soon because you have not yet given them the command to do it.
    1. Arms bend. Arms upward. Wait for it. Stretch.
      手臂弯曲。手臂上举。保持一下。伸展。
  10. PHRASE (表示接下来要说的内容非常有趣或令人惊奇)注意了，听好了
    You can use 'wait for it' to indicate that you are about to say something that is amusing or surprising.
    1. A cool $500,000 is to be spent on obtaining genuine 17th-century air from the inside of, wait for it, an occupied lead coffin.
      将花费整整50万美元获取货真价实的17世纪的空气，注意了，是从一个内有尸体的铅制棺材里获得。
  11. PHRASE 等着瞧;等等看
    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.
    1. We'll have to wait and see what happens.
      我们只好等等看将会发生什么。
    2. ...a wait-and-see attitude.
      观望态度
  12. PHRASE (表示催促)你还等什么呢？
    If you say to someone 'What are you waiting for?' you are telling them to hurry up and do something.
    1. Well, what are you waiting for? Do I have to ask you for a kiss?
      那你还等什么呢？难道要我求你吻我吗？
  13. an accident waiting to happen → see: accident
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双语例句

  1. Her Daimler limo waits with its engine idling.
    她的戴姆勒豪华轿车原地待命，发动机在空转。
  2. Waits sang about the boozy netherworld of urban America.
    韦茨歌唱美国都市纵酒豪饮的下层世界。
  3. A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.
    一眼望不到头的一长列卡车眼巴巴地等着装货。
  4. Time waits for no man.
    岁不我与。
  5. I don't like these long waits.
    我不喜欢这么长时间地等待下去。
  6. Success waits on hard work.
    成功来自勤奋。
  7. Time waits for no man; every minute ISAS precious as gold.
    时间不饶人，分秒赛黄金。
  8. He waits until the children are asleep.
    他一直等到孩子们睡着了。
  9. You can set up dependencies between the parts so that one part waits on another part.
    您可以设置各部件之间的依赖关系，让其中一个部件等待另一个部件。
  10. This function takes the handle to the semaphore object and waits until it is signaled or a timeout occurs.
    这个函数使用一个信号量对象的句柄作为参数，并会一直等待下去，直到其状态变为有信号状态或超时为止。
  11. When this command is issued, it waits for checkpoint request from primary.
    当发出该命令时，将等待来自主要服务器的检查点请求。
  12. For the launch, the script starts the instance and waits until the instance has entered the running state.
    在launch函数中，这个脚本启动了一个实例，并等待这个实例进入running状态。
  13. When a process reaches a receive choice activity, execution stops and waits to receive a message.
    流程在到达接收选择活动时将停止执行，等待接收消息。
  14. Acme Travel waits for confirmation of the three reservation requests.
    AcmeTravel将等待这三个预约请求的确认。
  15. The polling thread waits for the signal from the first thread.
    轮询线程会一直等待第一个线程给它发送一个信号。
  16. In this example they are synchronous, meaning the function waits for the HTTP response before returning the control.
    本例中是同步的，这意味着函数在返回控件之前等待HTTP响应。
  17. In synchronous invoke, the client sends a message to the service and waits for the response.
    在同步调用中，客户机将消息发送给服务，并等待响应。
  18. An external application makes an HTTP request to Message Broker and waits for Message Broker to reply.
    假设有一个外部应用程序向MessageBroker发出一个HTTP请求，并等待MessageBroker应答。
  19. A new delay function called ndelay() has been introduced, which allows waits for nanoseconds.
    引入了一个叫做ndelay（）的新的延迟函数，允许纳秒级的等待。
  20. No complaints from me about long waits ─ or charges.
    我对于长久的等待和收费都没有任何怨言。
  21. Method, which waits for a client to send a request.
    方法，该方法等待客户端发送请求。
  22. But, waits for you to be in love again.
    可是，等你再谈恋爱的时候。
  23. It's a system that runs inside the Rubinius VM and waits for connections on a configurable port.
    它是一个工作在RubiniusVM内部的系统，监听可配置的端口，等待连接。
  24. He waits for me after school.
    放学后他等我。
  25. He waits for you at york.
    他在约克城等你。
  26. Meaning: If one waits too long, the opportunity vanishes.
    如果等待时间太长，机会消失了。
  27. Time waits for no one.
    时间不等待没有准备的人。
  28. An important document that he has been writing, and rewriting, waits for him.
    一个重要的文件，他一直写，重写，等待他。
  29. She serves the drinks, and waits for a moment.
    她上了饮料之后，等了一会儿。
  30. McGonagall goes to Privet Drivet at this point as a cat and waits all day on the garden wall.
    麦格以猫的形态到达了女贞路并且在花园的墙上等候了一整天。
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