| 单词 | await |
| 释义 | await (əweɪt ) Word forms: awaits , awaiting , awaited 1. verb If you await someone or something, you wait for them. [formal] He's awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year. [VERB noun] Synonyms: wait for, expect, look for, look forward to 2. verb Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. [formal] A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane. [VERB noun] Synonyms: be in store for, wait for, be ready for, lie in wait for Collocations: await a decision The top three tiers await a decision but are unlikely to continue. The Sun We await the decision but something needs to change in this debate because what began ever so politely in 1932 has reached a form of hysteria. Times, Sunday Times What injunction was granted must await the decision of the trial judge. Times, Sunday Times Land deals cannot be concluded and work has all but stopped as our stakeholders await a decision. Times, Sunday Times It would have been wise to await the decision of this court. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I am still awaiting a reply from the bank two months later. Times, Sunday Times I am breathlessly awaiting her reply. Times, Sunday Times I'm still awaiting the reply. The Sun I am still awaiting a reply. Times, Sunday Times We are awaiting their reply. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then patiently await a response. Christianity Today I don my tin helmet and await the response. Times, Sunday Times The controller will broadcast a discovery command to all devices and await a response. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have written to the complainant seeking the details we require and are awaiting a response. Times, Sunday Times Some are swiftly solved; others are still awaiting a response. Times, Sunday Times Film composers will await the result of this case with interest. Times, Sunday Times We await the result with bated breath. Times, Sunday Times They cast their votes and went home to await the result. Times, Sunday Times All division winners receive a bye as they await the result of the game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I am awaiting the result of the tests which they are carrying out on me. Times, Sunday Times But lots of compounds with plausible mechanisms await a verdict. Times,Sunday Times I await the verdict of the electorate with sanguinity. Times, Sunday Times The final dish, the dessert, was pecan pie - then we gathered with fellow contestants in the barn to await the verdict. Times, Sunday Times I'd store up vanilla anecdotes for confession, then await the verdict that would always be delivered in the same enervating tone. Times, Sunday Times Much better to await the verdict of the committee sitting on the back benches. Times, Sunday Times Soccer games, food, mechanical games all await the visitor during these festivities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A whole world of wonder and amazement awaits the visitors here with over a hundred interactive hands-on exhibits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sight of the roads of the small hills and views of the sunrise and the sunset await the visitors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Further development could await completion of pending city development standards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A more accurate value would have to await completion of the surveying process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So far, it has been stockpiling the stuff, awaiting completion of the necessary rail link and port. Times, Sunday Times Of these, 57 are connected and producing to the gathering system with the remainder undergoing dewatering operations and/or awaiting completion and connection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the transition period the new zoo was only open on weekends, as most animals were still at the old site awaiting completion of their new enclosures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We await confirmation of these other lingering rumours. Times, Sunday Times So far, 407 species have been classed as definite sightings and a further 11 await confirmation. Times, Sunday Times Most of these functions await confirmation in vivo. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As many as a dozen additional cases await confirmation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These putative associations await confirmation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Click to order then sit back and await delivery to your door. The Sun They are still awaiting delivery of three drawer fronts. The Sun The rush meant some filling stations ran out of supplies and had to put up notices saying they were awaiting deliveries. The Sun He then recommends that each prospective buyer uses an 'escrow' payment service so that the money will be held safe by a third party while he awaits delivery. Times, Sunday Times Councils insist they have stockpiled more salt this year but many are still awaiting deliveries. Times, Sunday Times They were thrown into an internment camp to await deportation. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The board also criticised the delays in deporting foreign prisoners who have served their sentences but are kept in the jail awaiting deportation. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Football grounds became holding pens for those awaiting deportation. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Foreign prisoners can remain locked up in detention centres awaiting deportation after they serve their sentence. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He is determined to move on foreign prisoners who remain in jail awaiting deportation. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Scientists estimate that about ten million species await discovery, five times the number that are already known. Times, Sunday Times Many more almost certainly await discovery. Times, Sunday Times A lot of the theoretical groundwork has already been formulated, but new insights in this area await discovery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Evidence of exploration not containing extraterrestrial life, such as probes and information gathering devices, may also await discovery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Currently, about 1400 species in 126 genera are described, although many taxa undoubtedly await discovery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Scores more were wounded when four rounds landed in the school and its courtyard where hundreds had gathered to await evacuation. Times, Sunday Times Five more gravely ill victims were awaiting evacuation. Times, Sunday Times Thousands of staff, patients and evacuees were trapped by floodwaters inside the building awaiting evacuation by boat or helicopter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His lawyer said yesterday that he was awaiting instructions from the prisons department on when and where he should report to jail. Times, Sunday Times Across the country those who previously regarded themselves as free spirits meekly await instructions from the government. Times,Sunday Times He was awaiting instructions on what to do with the body. ST I scrabble into the saddle and await instructions. Times, Sunday Times Asked what their mission was, they said only that they had been ordered to advance to the village and await instructions. Times, Sunday Times Some were given political roles, while others were told to await orders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group continued the demonstration the next day and then retired seaward to await orders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two months prior to the official start of filming, the magic instructor joined the production team to await orders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A great many still await publication; some have not yet been located. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since then another eighteen volumes have appeared, and several others await publication. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Observers are still awaiting publication of a mere summary of responses, let alone proposals to improve protections. Times, Sunday Times This manuscript also awaits publication as editors consider ways to transfer the enormous, typewritten volume into digital format. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to the above, several unpublished compositions remain in manuscript awaiting publication. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was completed in 1999, but awaited release until early 2000 due to a family tragedy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the time of his death 14 recordings of his had been commercially issued, and several more were awaiting release. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The result was that so many were produced that there was a waiting list of films awaiting release to the cinemas of 5 years, by 1982. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were told to hunker down and await rescue because the flat was deemed to be one of the safest places. Times, Sunday Times Their orders are to hide and await rescue. Times, Sunday Times The survivors clambered on to the wings to await rescue. The Sun As the water rose more than 3ft, motorists on their way to work were forced to get on to the roofs of their cars to await rescue. Times, Sunday Times The plane hit the levels beneath them, and they will be heading up to await rescue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Twenty-one people are awaiting sentence for aggravated trespass. The Sun (2013) He was sent to a psychiatric hospital to await sentence. The Sun (2011) One defendant is awaiting sentencing on a plea agreement. Houston Chronicle (2001) Fourteen per cent of the prison population is on remand, awaiting sentence or trial. Times, Sunday Times (2015) One defendant is awaiting sentencing on a plea agreement. Houston Chronicle (2001) He was remanded in custody yesterday to await sentencing on the charges which carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He was remanded in custody to await sentencing. Times, Sunday Times (2006) A grown man awaiting surgery in the hospital was talking with his father. Christianity Today I am still awaiting surgery but am unable to work as it affects my right eye. The Sun Last night he was awaiting surgery. The Sun Awaiting surgery, prostaglandin can be administered to keep the ductus arteriosus open, thereby allowing blood flow to the lower body. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cast halted filming earlier this month to await his return. The Sun Fresher, cleaner-tasting ice cubes than those made with chlorine-tainted tap water then await your return. Times, Sunday Times I posted it back to her, to await her return from her travels. Times, Sunday Times For many years she was to be seen going down to the jetty every evening to await his return. Times, Sunday Times For now, those questions will have to await his return home this summer. Houston Chronicle The pair are now awaiting trial on charges of perjury, conspiracy, misconduct and obstruction of justice. Times, Sunday Times (2008) When she was being booked into prison to await trial, she listed her occupation as ' urban guerrilla'. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The engineer has spent more than 22 months in jail awaiting trial. The Sun (2008) Two British flyers are awaiting trial on smuggling charges. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Two youths are currently awaiting trial. The Sun (2006) Here we examine what fate awaits clubs based on their previous published accounts for 2012-13. Times, Sunday Times The same fate awaits the new music movement, dubstep. Times, Sunday Times He takes a group of youngsters on a tour of his empire -where a terrible fate awaits those youngsters who misbehave. The Sun He will be 37 and in his eighteenth season of international cricket next year, but, whatever fate awaits him, there will be one 37-year-old sure to play. Times, Sunday Times But as the case unfolds, he begins to suspect the doctors are hiding something and that a grisly fate awaits all the patients on a sinister ward. The Sun Swedes are taking care because they want to, not because they fear what punishment awaits them if they don't. The Sun Hit the dreaded score of 13-0 and a fearsome punishment awaits you. Times, Sunday Times Punishment awaits and could mean that he sits out the rest of the series. Times,Sunday Times By morning, the friends return to their respective homes to discover what punishment awaits them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Your chances of survival are slim, but great rewards await. Times, Sunday Times From salted catfish to fermented egg and eye-wateringly hot curries, it's not for the faint-hearted, but tasty rewards await the brave. The Sun Without doubt, massive rewards await winners. Times, Sunday Times Big rewards await geologists and oil and mining engineers who are prepared to travel, however. Times, Sunday Times But, as so often when the opponents preempt, a nasty surprise awaits. Times, Sunday Times Beyond these small but treasure-filled rooms, another surprise awaits. Times, Sunday Times However, a surprise awaits through the back gate - a large set of allotments featuring polytunnels, raised beds, a greenhouse and an outdoor classroom, with the school already cultivating five areas. The Sun But a bigger surprise awaits the pair when they return to the 21st century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 等候 Japanese: 待つ |
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