Await
[ə'weɪt] or [ə'wet]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To watch for; to look out for.
(v. t.) To wait on, serve, or attend.
(v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
(v. t.) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.
(v. i.) To watch.
(v. i.) To wait (on or upon).
(v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.
(n.) A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
校對:帕蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness for.[2]. Attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for.
海尔格校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to wait or look for: to be in store for: to attend: (obs.) to lie in wait for to watch.
格雷西校對
例句/造句/用法:
- The next morning after the capture of Petersburg, I telegraphed Mr. Lincoln asking him to ride out there and see me, while I would await his arrival. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The change that I await here is the great change. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Therein that first classe I was, thence I had been watching him; but there I could not find courage to await his approach. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The 4th infantry went into camp at Salubrity in the month of May, 1844, with instructions, as I have said, to await further orders. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If she would speak with me I but await her command. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Pardon, succour, and brotherly love await your repentance. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I said that I would without delay set out for that place, but entreated her to join her brother, and there await my return with the children. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The Colonel and the Inspector were awaiting us in the parlor. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Yet they all had lived and died unconscious of the different fates awaiting their relics. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She went into her mother's bed-room, just behind the drawing-room, and paced it up and down, while awaiting the doctor's coming out. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I sat down beside the fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- You found her well and awaiting you? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- That being the terminus of his railroad communications, it is probable he was directed to remain there awaiting orders. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The Judges had now been two hours in the lists, awaiting in vain the appearance of a champion. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He was to be told (said Monseigneur) that supper awaited him then and there, and that he was prayed to come to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- They awaited her perfect recovery in silence. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I succeeded to his connection, and had every reason to feel grateful for the prospect that awaited me at my starting in life. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Having performed this friendly office, he fixed his eyes on the Jew's face, and awaited his directions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Everybody awaited the decision. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I suppose animals kept in cages, and so scantily fed as to be always upon the verge of famine, await their food as I awaited a letter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Mr. Bucket, satisfied, expresses high approval and awaits her coming at the door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Much of this early Turkish material still awaits examination. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There she stands, pointing to a rude image of the Virgin Mary, see if she can avert the fate that awaits thee. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- A cruiser awaits above at your own dock; let us leave at-- A fusillade of shots from the palace gardens just without cut short his further words. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He patiently awaits an explicit answer; and Jo, more baffled by his patience than by anything else, at last desperately whispers a name in his ear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And now that we know what they are like there is no difficulty in tracing out the sort of life which awaits either of them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The gallows awaits him, and I would do nothing to save him from it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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