稍等：wait的含义与辨析
http://n1image.hjfile.cn/mh/2016/10/29/caaed37ce872ce591a95eeafa9581a2b.jpgYou 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
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
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 wait that you like it.
我希望你能喜欢它。
4.伺候用餐；服务，服侍
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。
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