bide

英 [baɪd]

美 [baɪd]

vi.  等待，停留; 居住
vt.  等待; 等待时机

现在分词：biding　过去式：bided　第三人称单数：bides　过去分词：bided　

BNC.19163 / COCA.18820

习惯用语

v.

bide your time
• 等待时机
  to wait for the right time to do sth

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 等待时机；等待良机
  If youbideyourtime, you wait for a good opportunity before doing something.
  1. He was content to bide his time patiently, waiting for the opportunity to approach her.
     他乐于耐心等待接近她的良机。

英英释义

verb

• dwell
  1. You can stay with me while you are in town
  2. stay a bit longer--the day is still young
  Synonym:abidestay

双语例句

• Bide your time and he'll snuff it.
  忍耐一下，他会知趣的。
• If we bide our time, I'm sure the reporters will call the politicians 'bluff.
  如果我们等待时机成熟，我确信记者就会揭穿那些政治家的谎言。
• Sellers, meanwhile, are reluctant to lower their prices, preferring to bide their time.
  同时，卖方也不愿降低他们的价格，宁愿等待他们的时机。
• I am just going to bide my time and hopefully the chance comes and I can take it.
  我现在要坚持过这一段时间，希望当机会来临的时候我能够抓住它。
• Joseph had gone,'she continued,` but I thought proper to bide at home.
  “约瑟夫已经走了，”她接着说，“但是我想我还是留在家里合适些。
• Bide here a bit, and the cart will soon come, no doubt,'said Mrs Durbeyfield.
  “在这儿等一会儿吧，马车很快就要来了，这是用不着怀疑的，”德北菲尔德太太说。
• Humans know how to wait, to bide their time until the story is complete.
  人类知道如何等待时机，耐住性子，直到事件结束。
• On days like this it's hard for young men to bide quiet at home.
  在这样的日子里，年轻人很难静静地待在家里。
• I bide my time and the hour of vengeance is nigh.
  我在等待时机，报仇的时刻就要到了。
• Post a visible reminder that this job is only temporary. When I once worked in a job I hated, I helped bide my time by hanging a reminder on my bulletin board that said, This is only temporary.
  醒目地标示这只是一个临时工作当我做令自己讨厌的工作时，我等待时机的方式就是在电子告示牌上挂上提示：这只是临时的。