【wait】的翻译、意思

时间: 2025-01-01 00:28:35

【wait】怎么读

美：[wet]

英：[weɪt]

【wait】是什么意思、字义解释

1. vt. 等候；推迟；延缓

2. vi. 等待；耽搁；伺候用餐

3. n. 等待；等候

4. n. (Wait)人名；(英)韦特；(捷)魏特

【wait】等级考试

CET4   TEM4   ( waiting, waited, waits )

【wait】的详细解释

英文单词学*与分析：[wait]

1. 基本定义：

  • 字面意思：字面意思是“等待”，指暂停活动，期望某事发生。
  • 词性：动词（verb），也可用作名词（noun）表示等待的时间。

2. 词源与起源：

  • 词源分析：该单词源自古英语“waitan”，意为“观察，期待”，与德语“warten”（等待）同源。根词“wait”没有明显的前缀和后缀。

  • 历史背景：最早的用法可追溯到中世纪时期，常用于描述在某人或某事出现之前的等待状态。

  • 课本：

    • 在**教材中，通常出现在初中英语书籍中，特别是与日常交流和情感表达相关的单元。
    • 在牛津英语词典和美国的教材中，相关内容会出现在小学至中学的英语学中，涉及日常用语和对话练。

3. 使用场景：

  • 正式与非正式语境：

    • 正式：在商务会议中，可以说“Please wait for the results before making a decision.”（在做出决定之前，请等待结果。）
    • 非正式：在朋友之间，可以说“Just wait a minute, I’m almost ready.”（等一下，我快好了。）

  • 特殊场合：

    • 法律：在法律文件中，可能会提及“waiting period”作为某些法律程序中必须等待的时间。
    • 科学：在实验中，可能会使用“wait for the reaction to complete”来指示观察反应的过程。

4. 示例句子：

  1. Please wait for your turn.
    请等一下，轮到你了。

  2. I can’t wait to see you again!
    我迫不及待想再见到你！

  3. We had to wait in line for hours.
    我们不得不在队伍中等了几个小时。

  4. He waited patiently for the bus to arrive.
    他耐心地等待公交车到来。

  5. The doctor asked me to wait in the examination room.
    医生让我在检查室等候。

*. Wait until the sun sets before taking the picture.
等到太阳落山再拍照。

  1. She can’t wait to start her new job.
    她迫不及待想开始她的新工作。

  2. They waited for hours, but the meeting was canceled.
    他们等了几个小时，但会议被取消了。

  3. I’ll wait for you at the café.
    我会在咖啡馆等你。

  4. You need to wait for the signal before crossing the street.
    你需要在过马路之前等信号。

5. 同义词与反义词：

  • 同义词：

    • Await：更正式，通常用于书面语。
    • Hang on：更口语化，常用于非正式场合。

  • 反义词：

    • Rush：表示急于行动，与等待相反。
    • Hasten：指加速某事，与等待的缓慢相对。

. 学方法：

  • 音标记忆法：/weɪt/，通过音素分解，记住发音。
  • 词根记忆法：记住“wait”作为基础，联想到相关的词汇如“waiting”，“waiter”等。
  • 谐音联想记忆：可以联想“为特（wait）”来强化记忆。

7. 关联词汇：

  • wait for（等待某人/某事）
  • waiting room（候诊室）
  • wait list（等候名单）
  • wait time（等待时间）
  • wait staff（服务员）

通过以上分析，可以更全面地理解和掌握“wait”这个单词的用法及其相关知识。

【wait】例句

1、[[no passive]] When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. 等候

  1. 例：I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus.我走到一个街道拐角处等校车。

  2. 例：I waited to see how she responded.我等着看她如何反应。

  3. 例：We had to wait a week before we got the results.我们不得不等候一个星期才拿到了结果。

2、[N-UNCOUNT] waiting 等候

  1. 例：The waiting became almost unbearable.等待变得几乎令人难以忍受了。

3、[N-COUNT] A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something. 等待的时间

  1. 例：...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.…组织者们宣布结果前4个小时的等待。

4、[[usu cont]] If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do. 等 (你) 使用; 等 (你) 去做

  1. 例：There'll be a car waiting for you.将会有辆车等着你。

  2. 例：When we came home we had a meal waiting for us.我们回到家时，有一顿饭正等着我们去享用。

  3. 例：He had a car waiting to take him back to the office.有一辆车等着送他回办公室。

5、[[no cont]] If you say that something can wait, you mean that it is not important or urgent and so you will deal with it or do it later. 延缓

  1. 例：I want to talk to you, but it can wait.我想和你谈谈，但可以等会儿再说。

6、[[only imper]] You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them. 等着吧 (期望引起对方兴奋之情，或鼓励对方); 等着瞧 (表示威胁)

  1. 例：If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book.如果你觉得所有这些听起来令人兴奋，那就等你看了书之后再说吧。

7、[[only imper]] Wait is used in expressions such as wait a minute, wait a second, and wait a moment to interrupt someone when they are speaking, for example, because you object to what they are saying or because you want them to repeat something. 等一下 (用以打断对方的谈话，或要求对方重复); 且慢

  1. 例："Wait a minute!" he broke in. "This is not giving her a fair hearing!"“且慢！”他插话道。“这没有给她一个公平的辩解机会。”

8、[V-I] If an employee waits on you, for example, in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want. 服侍; 招待

  1. 例：There were plenty of servants to wait on her.有许多佣人服侍她。

9、[[口语]] If you say that you can't wait to do something or can hardly wait to do it, you are emphasizing that you are very excited about it and eager to do it. 急于要 (做某事)

  1. 例：We can't wait to get started.我们迫不及待地想要开始了。

10、[PHRASE] If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it. 等着瞧

  1. 例：We'll have to wait and see what happens.我们只有等着看将会发生什么事情。