1.wait for 对待，等候，等，尤指长期地）希望，盼望，期待,期盼，企盼，盼着
Wait for me!
等等我！
Check us in at the hotel and wait for my call.
去宾馆替我们办理好入住手续，然后等我的电话。
I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus.
我走到街角等校车。
The whole world was waiting for news of the astronauts.
全世界的人都在等待宇航员的消息。
Students stood around in groups waiting for their results.
学生们成群地站在周围等待成绩。
We waited for Mom and Dad to get home.
我们等爸爸妈妈回家。
I got more and more angry as I waited for her to phone.
我等她电话的时候，越等越生气。
I waited for her to finish a telephone conversation.
我等着她打完电话。
I stopped and waited for her to catch up.
我停住脚步，等她追上来。
Now we wait for them to turn in their essays.
现在我们等着他们交上作文。
As soon as they've finished up, they kick back and wait for the next show.
他们一完工就开始休息并等待下一场演出。
All that was left was to plant the roses and wait for nature to do her stuff.
剩下的就只是栽上玫瑰，然后等大自然施展她的神奇魔力。
If she wanted to go anywhere at all she had to wait for her father to drive her.
她想去任何地方都只能等父亲开车送她去。
I'm quite happy to wait for you here.
我非常高兴在此等候您。
Wait for the concrete to go hard.
等待混凝土凝结。
They waited for the storm to pass.
他们等待暴风雨过去。
I repeated the question and waited for her to expand.
我把问题重复了一遍，等着她详细回答。
She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.
她再次嫁人也应该适当等上一段时间。
Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift.
亚当按了一个按钮，然后等着乘坐电梯。
Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years.
利兹联队企盼夺冠已经十八年了。
He's waiting for me to make a mistake.
他正盼着我出错呢。
He waited for Dora to come to her senses and return.
他盼着多拉冷静下来后回来。
She stood in the wings and waited for her cue to go on.
她站在舞台侧面等待着出场的提示。
They were very obliging and offered to wait for us.
他们非常热情，主动提出等候我们。
I'll wait for you at the meeting point in the arrivals hall.
我将在进港大厅的迎接点等你。
They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.
他们需要等空中交通管制人员的放行。
They wait for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions.
他们等待团体作决定而不是各自作出决定。
They should be allowed to wait for cheaper technologies to be developed.
应该允许他们等到更廉价的技术被开发出来。
He now faces an agonizing two-month wait for the test results.
他现在要苦苦等待两个月才能拿到测验结果。（名词）
We had a long wait for the bus.
我们等公共汽车等了很长时间。（名词）
He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
他被暗中守候他的记者团团围住。（名词）
They were having a long wait for someone to serve them.
他们等服务员过来等了很长时间。（名词）
He underwent an agonising 48-hour wait for the results of tests.
他苦苦等待了48个小时，化验结果才出来。（名词）
2.
Can't wait to do sth.
Cannot wait to do sth.
Couldn’t wait to do sth.
使用不定式形式（to 动词原形）来表示迫不及待地要做某事。
I could hardly wait for' Boys 'World' to appear each month.
每个月我都翘首期盼着《男孩世界》的出版。
I can't wait to get back home.
我急不可待想赶回家。
The children can't wait for Christmas to come.
孩子们等圣诞节都等不及了。
I can hardly wait to see him again.
我迫不及待地想再次见到他。
We can't wait to hear the patter of tiny feet.
我们恨不得早点有个小宝宝。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
I could hardly wait to get out of there.
我迫不及待地要离开那里
We can't wait to get started.
我们迫不及待地想开始。
We were both so hyped up about buying the house, we could not wait to get in there.
我们两人都对买这所房子感到紧张兴奋，等不及要进去看看。
I could hardly wait to try this adventure again ．
我迫不及待地想再试一次。
高考真题- 2018 天津
"We can't wait to hug Cuddles again," she sobbed.
“我们迫不及待地想再次拥抱卡德斯。”她抽泣着说。
高考真题- 2015 重庆
