You can't sit around and wait for others to arrange your life; if you want something, fight for it yourself.

                                                                          ——Miyazaki Hayao

你不能等待别人来安排你的人生；自己想要的，自己争取。
                                                                          ——宫崎骏《猫的报恩》

一、关于wait，你应该知道的用法有

n.

等候，等待

The four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result was hard for us.

组织者宣布结果之前长达4小时的等待对我们来说很艰难。

 

v.

1.等候，等待 [I,T]

The jobless man did nothing but wait for his chance.

那个失业者守株待兔等待机会。

 

2.推迟，延缓，耽搁 [I,T]

Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.

任何改变都要等找到赞助商之后再作决定。

 

3.希望；盼望 [I,T]

I wait that you like it.

我希望你能喜欢它。

 

4.伺候用餐；服务，服侍 [I]

There were plenty of servants to wait on her.

有很多仆人服侍她。

 

二、词义辨析：都有“等待”意思的词有哪些？

wait, await

这两个动词均含“等，等待”之意。

wait普通用词，侧重静候于某处，直到等候或期待的人或事物的到来，通常用作不及物动词，与for连用。 a

wait正式用词，及物动词，通常指不断等待，多含耐心意味。

 

三、含有wait的常用短语

lie in wait

v. 埋伏着等待

 

wait on

v.服侍,招待,拜访,焦急地等待

 

lying in wait

【法】 埋伏, 伏击, 诡计

 

四、一起来玩个填词小游戏吧

I walk to a street corner and     for the school bus
我走到街角等校车。