wait in the wings

基本解释

• 准备好了

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Perhaps, after decades of waiting in the wings, the technology is finally about to hear its name called out from the stage.
  或许，在等待助其飞翔的翅膀等了数几十年之后，这项技术最终等来了召唤其登上舞台的呼声。
• If you know your partner has someone waiting in the wings, it’s hard to be motivated to work on your relationship, or to be enthusiastic about it.
  如果你知道你的另一半有别的人在翘首以待，确实是很难让你经营这段感情或是对它抱有热情。
• The Turkish army is waiting in the wings while the other armies fight the initial battles.
  其他军队都派到了战场第一线，而土耳其军队正在耐心的等待时机的来临。
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权威例句

• And Phase 3, Consolidation, and Phase 4, Boom II, are waiting in the wings.
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• In the end there will be 12 jurors seated with 6 alternates waiting in the wings.
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• All the wordage about succession and fully vetted jockeys waiting in the wings misses the point.
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词组短语

短语

• To wait in the wings 准备就绪的

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• If someone or something is waiting in the wings, they are not yet active or important, but are ready or likely to be so soon.