等待的英语是“wait”，读音：英 [weɪt]、美 [weɪt] 。
意思是等待；等候;（尤指长期地）希望；盼望；准备妥；在手边；可得到；可使用。
表达“等待”最常用的是 wait，它既可以作动词也可以作名词。作动词时，常用作不及物动词，后面常见介词或不定式，常用于搭配 wait for sb/sth 中，此时 wait 对应的另外一个正式用词且表“等待”的及物动词 await。
例句
I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus.
我走到街角等校车。
I waited for her outside while she went in to see the doctor.
她进去看医生时，我在外面等她。
There werea lot of people waiting to use the phone.
有很多人等着用电话。
We had a three-hour wait before we could see the doctor.
我们等了三个小时才去看医生。
The long wait to see the doctor really made me anxious.
等看医生的漫长时间真使我焦虑。
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