新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

wait

英 [weɪt]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

waits
1. [C 可数名词] 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.
双语例句
例：
the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.
组织者们宣布结果前4个小时的等待。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

wait around
1. [PHRASAL 短语] （无所事事地）等待
If you wait around, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives.
双语例句
例：
The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike.
袭击者可能一直在等待着一个下手的机会。
例：
I waited around to speak to the doctor.
我一直等着去和医生谈话。
wait up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 熬夜等待
If you wait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night.
近义词
stay up
双语例句
例：
I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him.
我希望他不要指望着你熬夜等他回来。

PHRASE. 习语

can't wait , can hardly wait
1. 急于要（做某事）
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.
双语例句
例：
We can't wait to get started.
我们迫不及待地想要开始了。
wait and see
1. 等着瞧
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.
双语例句
例：
We'll have to wait and see what happens.
我们只有等着看将会发生什么事情。

VERB. 动词

waits , waiting , waited
1. [I 不及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：
I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus.
我走到街角等校车。
例：
I waited to see how she responded.
我等着看她如何回应。
例：
We had to wait a week before we got the results.
我们不得不等候一个星期才拿到了结果。
2. [I 不及物动词] 等（你）使用 , 等（你）去做
If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do.
双语例句
例：
There'll be a car waiting for you.
会有辆汽车等你。
例：
When we came home we had a meal waiting for us.
我们回到家时，有一顿美餐正等着我们去享用。
例：
He had a car waiting to take him back to the office.
有一辆车等着送他回办公室。
3. [I 不及物动词] 延缓
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.
双语例句
例：
I want to talk to you, but it can wait.
我想和你谈谈，但可以等会儿再说。
4. [I 不及物动词] 等着吧（期望引起对方兴奋之情，或鼓励对方） , 等着瞧（表示威胁）
You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them.
双语例句
例：
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，那就等你看了书之后再说吧。
5. [T 及物动词] 等一下（用以打断对方的谈话，或要求对方重复） , 且慢
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.
近义词
hold on , hang on
双语例句
例：
'Wait a minute!' he broke in. 'This is not giving her a fair hearing!'
“且慢！”他插话道。“这没有给她一个公平的辩解机会。”
6. [I 不及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：
There were plenty of servants to wait on her.
有许多佣人服侍她。