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await

英 [ə'weɪt]美[ə'wet]
  • vt. 等候,等待;期待

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词态变化


第三人称单数: awaits;过去式: awaited;过去分词: awaited;现在分词: awaiting;

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. I shall await your answer to my letter with eagerness.
急盼复信.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Numerous pitfalls await unsuspecting investors.
数不清的陷阱等待毫无戒心的投资者.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I shall await you at seven - thirty or thereabouts.
我将在7:30分左右等着你.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. We await your command.
我们等待你的口令.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. I own myself an ass, and I await your orders.'
我承认我是头蠢驴, 现在一切听你指挥. ”

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

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