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Wait Await French 3697.Await 英 ə'Weɪt]美 ə'Wet 释义

正面 3697.await
英 [ə'weɪt]美 [ə'wet]

背面
释义:
vt. 等候,等待;期待
例句:
1. I shall await your answer to my letter with eagerness.急盼复信.

1. amend (法律文件的小修小改)修正案.

await (v.)mid-13c., awaiten, "to wait for," from Old North French awaitier (Old French agaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" (see ad-) + waitier "to watch" (see wait (v.)). Originally especially "wait for with hostile intent, wait to ambush or spy upon." Related: Awaited; awaiting."

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