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

• Focus Lens: Shenzhen to Hong Kong businessmen can bide one's time Wang auction?
  焦点透视：深圳地王拍卖港商何以按兵不动？
• If we bide our time, the change will come.
  如果我们等待时机，机会一定来的。
• All you need to do is bide your time until you find one that will work for you and your billfold.
  所有您需要做的是等待时机您的时间，直到找到一个适合你和你的皮夹。
• 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。
• Very well. I'll bide my time.
  很好！我会等待我的时机的。
• EXAMPLE: Although he did not get a job immediately, the talented young man decided to bide his time hoping that conditions would improve.
  尽管这位有才能的年轻人没有马上得到工作，但他决定耐心等待，期望环境能够改善。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Otherwise we should rather fall back and carefully bide our time. I was retired on full pay.
  否则宁可退让，持重待机。给我全薪让我退休了。