waiting period

基本解释

There were formalities: the five-day waiting period and an appearance in person at the wedding license bureau.
因为有两个特例：一个是为期五天的等待期签证还有一个就是本人出现在婚礼许可证局。
Once the waiting period has ended, your account will be deleted and your feedback ratings and other information will no longer be visible.
一旦等待期结束，你的帐户就将被删除，你的反馈评分和其他信息都将不可见。
Even when permission was obtained the couple had to go through a one month waiting period in which the they were supposed to think things over.
但是即使拿到了上司的许可，夫妻二人还是要一起度过一个月的等待期，这段时间里他们可以好好再想一下。

The usual five-year waiting period for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame was suspended.
It was during that critical waiting period 10 years ago that Klug decided if he pulled through, he would do everything in his power to help others going through the same thing.

It appears that there is a considerably longer waiting period to elect a president.
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