wait是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to allow time to go by, especially while staying in one place without doing very much, until someone comes, until something that you are expecting happens or until you can do something -- 等待，等候；期盼，盼望

  • I waited for her outside while she went in to see the doctor. 她進去看病時，我在外面等她。

  • The dentist kept me waiting for ages. 牙醫讓我等了好久。

  • [ + to infinitive ] There were a lot of people waiting to use the phone. 有很多人在等著打電話。

  • The meeting will have to wait until tomorrow, because I'm too busy now. 會議將不得不延後到明天，因為我現在太忙了。

  • The paperwork can't wait until tomorrow (= is urgent and must be done now). 這些文書工作不能等到明天再做。

  • The sign by the side of the road said "no waiting!" 路邊的標誌牌上寫著「禁止停車」。

• 1 a period of time when you stay in one place until someone comes, or something happens, or until you can do something -- 等待；等候，期待

  • We had a three-hour wait before we could see the doctor. 我們等了三個小時才看到醫生。

  • The long wait for the doctor/to see the doctor really made me anxious. 等醫生看病等了那麼長時間真讓我焦急。