| 单词 | to wait for |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔CAUSE〕I was made to wait for over an hour. 那人让我等了一个多小时。朗文写作活用〔DRY〕Farmers will have to wait for fields to dry out before they can harvest their soybeans. 农夫要等到地里干透后才能收割大豆。朗文写作活用〔HELP〕Police had to wait for backup to arrive before making any arrests. 警方只得等待后援到来之后才进行逮捕。朗文写作活用〔Prince Charming〕Women learned not to wait for their Prince Charming to come along.女人们学会了放弃等待白马王子的出现。外研社新世纪〔THERE/NOT THERE〕He was supposed to wait for me by the fountain, but he wasn't there when I arrived. 他说好在喷水池边等我，但我到那里时他却不在。朗文写作活用〔air traffic control〕They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.他们需要等空中交通管制人员的放行。柯林斯高阶〔anywhere〕If she wanted to go anywhere at all she had to wait for her father to drive her.她想去任何地方都只能等父亲开车送她去。柯林斯高阶〔appalling〕They had to wait for hours in the most appalling weather.他们不得不在极为恶劣的天气情况下等了好几个小时。牛津搭配〔arrears〕The housing association agreed to wait for his rent, as he would be paid in arrears.房屋协会同意等待他的租金, 因为他是先干活后拿工资的。外研社新世纪〔boxed in〕I was boxed in, and had to wait for the driver of the other car to get back.我被堵在里面了，只能等另外一辆车的车主回来。剑桥高阶〔but〕They would have married sooner, but they had to wait for her divorce.他们是想马上结婚的，但是他们得先等她离了婚。朗文当代〔care〕What do the bus company care if you have to wait for three hours? 即使你不得不等上3个小时，公交公司又怎么会在乎呢？麦克米伦高阶〔curse〕She cursed her luck that she had had to wait for so long.她骂自己运气不佳，得排那么长时间的队。牛津搭配〔cycle〕We have to wait for the dishwasher's wash and dry cycles to end.我们得等到洗碗机完成清洗和烘干过程。韦氏高阶〔dream〕In a dream I saw them off at the door. Then I sat down to wait for the morning.我神志恍惚地把他们送到门口,然后坐下来等待早晨的来临。英汉大词典〔flight〕I had an hour to wait for my flight to New York.我还要等一个小时才能登上飞往纽约的班机。外研社新世纪〔freezing〕I had to wait for hours on the freezing cold station platform.我不得不在寒冷彻骨的站台上等了好几个小时。剑桥高阶〔gets in a strop〕He gets in a strop if he has to wait for someone.如果非要他等人的话，他会很烦。韦氏高阶〔hang〕To wait for a short period of time.稍待：等待一会儿时间美国传统〔inconvenience〕Having to wait for ten minutes was a minor inconvenience.得等上10分钟确实有一点儿麻烦。剑桥高阶〔lag〕She stopped to wait for Ian who was lagging behind.她停下来等落在后面的伊恩。朗文当代〔lag〕The girl was tired and lagged behind us, so we had to stop to wait for her.女孩很累，落在了我们后面，所以我们只好停下来等她。21世纪英汉〔month〕He had to wait for months for the visas to come through.他不得不等好几个月才领到签证。牛津高阶〔need〕Tell them they don't need to wait for me.告诉他们不用等我。外研社新世纪〔need〕You don't need to wait for me.你不必等我。柯林斯高阶〔obliging〕They were very obliging and offered to wait for us.他们非常热情，主动提出等候我们。牛津高阶〔passively〕He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.他温顺地坐在那里，心满意足地等着他父亲走第一步棋。柯林斯高阶〔pharmacist〕We had to wait for the pharmacist to make up her prescription.我们只得等药剂师给她配好药。牛津高阶〔poured down〕We had to wait for hours in the pouring rain.我们不得不在瓢泼大雨中等了数小时。韦氏高阶〔quite〕I'm quite happy to wait for you here.我非常高兴在此等候您。牛津高阶〔remand〕He's been remanded on bail for a month (=allowed to leave the law court and go home to wait for trial) .他已经取保候审一个月了。朗文当代〔remember〕Remember to wait for me at the school gate tomorrow morning.别忘了明天早晨在校门口等我。21世纪英汉〔since〕Since we've got a few minutes to wait for the train, let's have a cup of coffee.既然等火车还需要几分钟，我们去喝杯咖啡吧。剑桥高阶〔smart〕I was smart enough to wait for a week.我很明智，等了一个星期。朗文当代〔snail mail〕We agreed the deal online, but we'll have to wait for snail mail to get the paperwork.我们在网上达成了交易，但是还得等平信寄来书面文件。剑桥高阶〔stall〕He stalled for time to wait for his friends coming.他拖延时间等着他的朋友的到来。21世纪英汉〔stand〕To wait for something, such as a broadcast, to resume.等待（广播重新开始）美国传统〔technologist〕They should be allowed to wait for cheaper technologies to be developed.应该允许他们等到更廉价的技术被开发出来。柯林斯高阶〔tell〕Tell him to wait for me in the office.让他在办公室等我。21世纪英汉〔the〕I suppose we'll just have to wait for the inevitable (= the particular thing that is certain to happen).看来我们只好坐等那不可避免的事情发生。剑桥高阶〔time〕There have been improvements in the length of time patients have had to wait for treatment.在病人待诊时间方面已经有了改善。麦克米伦高阶〔weigh sb/sth up〕I weighed up my chances of escape, and decided to wait for a better moment.估量了一下逃跑的胜算有多大后，我决定等待一个更好的时机。剑桥高阶He had to wait for more than an hour in casualty before seeing a surgeon.他不得不在急诊室里等了一个多小时，才看到外科医生。剑桥国际I suppose we'll just have to wait for the inevitable (= the particular thing that is certain to happen).我认为我们只好等那不可避免的事情发生了。剑桥国际Since we've got a few minutes to wait for the train, let's have a cup of coffee.既然等火车还需要几分钟，让我们喝上一杯咖啡。剑桥国际Taxis arrived outside the station to wait for fares.出租车在车站外面等待乘客。剑桥国际The plane was delayed and we had to wait for hours in the departure lounge (= the area in an airport in which you wait before getting on an aircraft).飞机晚点，我们不得不在候机厅等上几小时。剑桥国际We had several hours to wait for our train, so we left our luggage in a (luggage) locker, and went to look around the town.我们乘坐的那班火车要过几个小时才开，所以我们把行李存放在行李柜后出去逛街。剑桥国际We missed the train, and on top of that we had to wait for two hours for the next one.我们误了火车，而且我们还必须花两个小时等下一班车。剑桥国际When I complained about how long we'd had to wait for our food, the bill was whisked away and smilingly returned without the service charge.当我抱怨等上菜花了很长时间后，帐单被很快地拿走又被微笑着送了回来，没有加服务费。剑桥国际 |
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