| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/to-wait |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:to waitto waitThese words refer to stopping what you are doing and staying in one place until something else happens or someone arrives. The most common verb for this iswait.Waitimplies that you have stopped a process or activity because another thing needs to happen first. We need to wait in line for the tickets. Please wait until your number is called. Go ahead and take the call - I'll wait. If you are expecting someone or something to arrive, or something to happen, you can use the phrasal verbwait for. We're waiting for the bus. The future waits for no one. I'm just waiting for my girlfriend to come downstairs. In formal contexts,awaitmeans the same aswait for. We are awaiting the committee's decision. Stayand, in slightly more formal contexts,remainare used when someone waits in a place until something else happens. Stay there until I get back. Please remain in your seats until the plane has come to a complete stop. If you want to tell someone to wait, you can use the phrasehang on. Hang on, I'll be ready in a minute. If people are waiting in a place, usually for no obvious reason, you can use the informal phrasal verbhang aroundor the verbloiter. There were a lot of teenagers hanging around outside the shopping centre. A bunch of men were loitering outside the pub. If people are waiting in a line to buy something, the verbline upis used. People were lining up for tickets. |
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