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await

verb
 
🔊/əˈweɪt/
🔊/əˈweɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they await
🔊/əˈweɪt/
🔊/əˈweɪt/
he / she / it awaits
🔊/əˈweɪts/
🔊/əˈweɪts/
past simple awaited
🔊/əˈweɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈweɪtɪd/
past participle awaited
🔊/əˈweɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈweɪtɪd/
-ing form awaiting
🔊/əˈweɪtɪŋ/
🔊/əˈweɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    await somebody/something to wait for somebody/something等候；等待；期待
    • He is in custody awaiting trial.他正被拘留候审。🔊🔊
    • Her latest novel is eagerly awaited.人们正急切地期待着她的最新小说。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The outcome of the appeal is awaited with interest.人们在期盼中等待着上诉的结果。
    • her long awaited return to professional tennis她期待已久的重返职业网坛
    • Scientists are still awaiting the results of tests.科学家们仍在等待测试结果。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • anxiously
    • breathlessly
    • nervously
    • …
    phrases
    • long awaited
    See full entry
  2.  
    await somebody to be going to happen to somebody将发生在，将降临到（某人头上）
    • A warm welcome awaits all our guests.我们的客人都将受到热烈欢迎。🔊🔊
    • Who knows what dangers may await us?谁知道我们可能面临哪些危险？
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + waitier ‘to wait’.