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 still until you feel better.
  安静一会儿直到你觉得好一些。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bide your time and he'll snuff it.
  忍耐一下，他会知趣的。
• 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。