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

• 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。
• I've got to bide my time, it doesn't happen overnight.
  我要用时间去展开我的工作，这绝不是一朝一夕能解决的。
• She made no immediate objection, for she must bide her time.
  她并未立即反对，因为她必须耐心等待。
• Daddy cannot bide me, because I swear at him.
  爸爸才受不了我呢，因为我乱骂他。
• Patience Pays Off: Bide Your Time And Save
  耐心等待回报：付出时间，节约了成本
• For now, bide your time and make sure your work is flawless.
  现在静静的守候同时确保你的工作完美无瑕。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They bide their time and know intuitively that it will not be long before they are called into action.
  他们在等待他们的时刻，直觉告诉他们在他们被呼叫进入行动前都不会再遥远。