简单释义：

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n. 等待；等候；当侍者；当服务员

v. “wait”的现在分词

网络 爱情服务生；等待状态；等待的

完整释义：

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n.

1.等,等候,等待;侍候,服侍
2.等时

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例句：

1. I told him people are waiting for him to have the smallest mistake, and they're going to blow it out of proportion.
   我告诉他人们盼望着他少犯错误，尽量减少犯错的机率。

2. John was surprised one day to see Jesus in the line of men waiting to be baptised .
   某天，当约翰看见耶稣站在等候洗礼的人龙之中，便感到很惊奇。

3. When it was my turn, I sat with them at the little banquet table we had created in the waiting room. We talked for a while about dreams.
   当轮到我参加聚会时，我和他们围坐在一个小餐桌（我们在候诊室里自己搭建的）前，谈论了一会有关梦想的话题。

4. One of his memories of the war was sitting in the dark air-raid shelters waiting for the siren to sound the all-clear.
   他对战争的一种记忆便是坐在黑暗的防空洞里，等候汽笛拉响解除空袭警报。

5. You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I fet that for this I had been waiting long.
   你微笑着，没对我说一句话，而我感觉到，为这个我已等了很久。

6. An empty orchestra just waiting for you to fill it up with your golden voice.
   一个空荡荡的乐队，正是等着你来用你的金嗓子使之饱满，使之演奏。

7. About him: "waiting for a bottle of truth, I'm just a lonely guy in my youth" - pete corn.
   关于：“我只是一个寂寞孩子，用青春寻找真理”--皮特若恩。

8. Never get out of the market just because you have lost patience or get into a market because your are anxious from waiting.
   不要因失去耐心而出市，不要因焦虑等待而入市。