in wait

watching for an enemy or potential victim and preparing to attack them

伺機(jī)（攻擊敵人或潛在的犧牲品）

he decided to lie in wait for the thief.

他決定埋伏等待那個(gè)小偷。

wait and see

wait to find out what will happen before doing or deciding something

等著瞧

wait for it

(Brit. informal)do not act before the proper moment

(英，非正式)等待時(shí)機(jī)

patrol—wait for it—halt!.

巡邏——等待時(shí)機(jī)——停！。

you wait

used to convey a threat, warning, or promise

（表示威脅，警告或許諾）等著瞧；等著吧

you wait until your Dad gets in!.

等著，你爸來(lái)了再說(shuō)！。

wait on (或upon)

act as an attendant to (someone)

服侍，招待

a maid was appointed to wait on her.

指派了一個(gè)女仆來(lái)服侍她。

(Austral./NZ & N. English informal)not do a particular thing until something else happens

(澳／新西蘭，北英格蘭，非正式)等待，等候

wait on, I've an important message for you.

等著，我有重要消息告訴你。

wait on 或 wait upon

To serve the needs of; be in attendance on.

滿足…的需要；服侍

To make a formal call on; visit.

造訪：正式拜訪；訪問(wèn)

To follow as a result; depend on.

作為一個(gè)結(jié)果；依賴于

To await

等待

They're waiting on my decision.

他們?cè)诘任业臎Q定

wait out

To delay until the termination of

推遲直至結(jié)束為止

wait out a war; waited out the miniskirt craze.

直等到戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束；等到迷你裙風(fēng)潮過(guò)后

wait up

To postpone going to bed in anticipation of something or someone.

熬夜等候：為等待某事或某人而推遲睡覺(jué)

&I{Informal} To stop or pause so that another can catch up

【非正式用語(yǔ)】 等：為使別人趕上而停止或暫停

Let's wait up for the stragglers.

讓我們等等掉隊(duì)的人