awaiting

英 [əˈweɪtɪŋ]

美 [əˈweɪtɪŋ]

v.  等候; 等待; 期待; 将发生在，将降临到(某人头上)
await的现在分词

现在分词：awaiting　

计算机

BNC.48435 / COCA.39721

柯林斯词典

• VERB 等候；等待
  If youawaitsomeone or something, you wait for them.
  1. Very little was said as we awaited the arrival of the chairman...
     我们等候主席到来的时候都没怎么说话。
  2. He's awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year.
     他在等候审判，预计明年初开始。
• VERB 即将发生于；将降临到…身上
  Something thatawaitsyou is going to happen or come to you in the future.
  1. A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane.
     在罗斯玛丽巷，一起严重的意外事件正等待着他们。

双语例句

• Officials are awaiting positive identification before charging the men with war crimes
  在以战争罪起诉这些人以前，官员们一直在等待他们身份的核实。
• He's awaiting trial in a military court on charges of plotting against the state
  他因被控密谋颠覆国家正等待军事法庭的审判。
• We have been eagerly awaiting this day.
  我们一直在热切等待这一天的到来。
• I am already eagerly awaiting your reply to this first letter.
  我已经迫不及待地在等你的第一封信了。
• I was flicking idly through a newspaper while awaiting the arrival of orange juice and coffee
  我一边无所事事地翻着报纸，一边等着我点的橙汁和咖啡。
• They were all awaiting his answer.
  他们都在等他的回答。
• The old woman was anxiously awaiting the return of her relatives.
  老妇人望眼欲穿地盼望亲人归来。
• Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations
  采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名单得以缩减。
• They are awaiting trial on charges of plotting against the state.
  他们因被指控阴谋叛乱而在候审。
• Other countries are eagerly awaiting an American green light to lift the sanctions altogether.
  其他国家正在急切等待美国同意完全撤销制裁。