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

• 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。
• My sweetheart, I have been awaiting you my whole life.
  我的爱人，我等了你一生了。
• They seemed awaiting orders and the orders came.
  他们象在等命令，而命令终于来了。
• Awaiting your reply.
  望回信。
• Pinochet is now in London, awaiting the Upper House's decision on his extradition.
  目前皮诺切特正在伦敦，等候上议院就是否引渡他作出决定。
• 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。
• The plane circled, awaiting permission to land
  飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。
• 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。
• They were awaiting the birth of their first child.
  他们等待着他们第一个孩子的降生。
• They were all awaiting his answer.
  他们都在等他的回答。