await
英 [?'we?t]
美[?'wet]
- vt. 等候，等待；期待
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?awaits;過(guò)去式:?awaited;過(guò)去分詞:?awaited;現(xiàn)在分詞:?awaiting;
英文詞源
- await (v.)
- mid-13c., awaiten, "to wait for," from Old North French awaitier (Old French agaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" (see ad-) + waitier "to watch" (see wait (v.)). Originally especially "wait for with hostile intent, wait to ambush or spy upon." Related: Awaited; awaiting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I shall await your answer to my letter with eagerness.
- 急盼復(fù)信.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. Numerous pitfalls await unsuspecting investors.
- 數(shù)不清的陷阱等待毫無(wú)戒心的投資者.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. I shall await you at seven - thirty or thereabouts.
- 我將在7:30分左右等著你.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. We await your command.
- 我們等待你的口令.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. I own myself an ass, and I await your orders.'
- 我承認(rèn)我是頭蠢驢, 現(xiàn)在一切聽(tīng)你指揮. ”
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 金銀島
