英语单词 | await |
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英美音标 | 英 [ə'weɪt] 美 [ə'weɪt] |
中文释义 | v.等候;期待;将降临于 |
英语例句 | (1) We await your shipping instructions. (2) I am awaiting their reply. (3) We eagerly await your early arrival. (4) A warm welcome awaits you. (5) It was completely hopeless. They had to await their doom. |
中文例句 | (1) 我们等候你们的装船指示。 (2) 我正在等待他们的答复。 (3) 我们殷切地期待你早日光临。 (4) 你将受到热烈的欢迎。 (5) 希望已绝,他们只能坐以待毙了。 |
vocabulary简明 | To await is to anticipate or look forward to something. If you're hoping to get a letter from your pen pal, you'll eagerly await the mail carrier's arrival every afternoon. |
vocabulary扩展 | When you await a phone call, you might sit by the telephone at home or keep your cell phone in your hand. A prisoner who awaits trial is biding his time until his case comes before a judge. Sometimes await implies that some particular outcome is in store for someone: "A terrible surprise awaits her, when she gets home and sees that her dog ate the sofa." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]等候;等待 If you await someone or something, you wait for them. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
2 [VERB 动词]即将发生于;将降临到…身上 Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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