await英 [əˈweɪt] 美 [əˈweɪt]
v. 等待，期待；将发生在，将降临到……身上
[ 第三人称单数 awaits 现在分词 awaiting 过去式 awaited 过去分词 awaited ]
短语
await publication 待出版 ; 支持发表
await job assignment 待岗
await of bid 决标
await orders 待命
I await your command 我在等待您的指令 ; 我等待你的命令
await deportation 等候遣返
await with great anxiety 望穿秋水 ; 翘首以待
await in solitude 等待在孤独
await the issue 等待结果
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
await /əˈweɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( awaiting, awaited, awaits )
1. V-T If you await someone or something, you wait for them. 等候 [正式]
例：Very little was said as we awaited the arrival of the chairman.
我们在等候主席的到来时几乎没说什么话。
2. V-T Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. 将发生在…身上 [正式]
例：A surprise awaited them in Wal-Mart.
一件意想不到的事情正在沃尔玛里等待着他们。
同近义词
vt. 等候，等待；期待wait for , hope for
双语例句原声例句权威例句
We await your command.
我们等待你的口令。
We eagerly await the sound of the engines.
我们急切等待引擎声的声音。
The greatest splendor and the greatest magnificence one can imagine await them.
人们所能想象到的最伟大的辉煌和壮丽都在等待着它们。
