await

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #8206 ★★★☆☆

vt. 等候 vi. 等待着

发音

US
UK /əˈweɪt/

词形变化

awaits 复数 awaits awaited awaitest awaiteth awaiting awaits 三单 awaiting 现在分词 awaited 过去式 awaited 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

等候，等待；期待

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A waiting for; ambush.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

    废旧
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To wait for.

    等待

    等候

    等

    候

    正式 及物

    I await your reply to my letter.

  2. 2.

    To expect.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

    及物

    Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.

  4. 4.

    To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

    不及物 及物
  5. 5.

    To watch, observe.

    不及物
  6. 6.

    To wait; to stay in waiting.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

look wait expect

上位词 3

think cerebrate cogitate

下位词 10

wait hope trust expect desire anticipate look to hang on hold on hold the line

近义相关 2

expect anticipate

词源

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.

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