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

• 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。
• Very well. I'll bide my time.
  很好！我会等待我的时机的。
• So stay put and bide your time.
  所以，呆在原地，等待时机。
• Bide still until you feel better.
  安静一会儿直到你觉得好一些。
• 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。
• On days like this it's hard for young men to bide quiet at home.
  在这样的日子里，年轻人很难静静地待在家里。
• To bide the time until that day comes, we've collected some of the cutest superdogs we could find.
  在那一天到来之前的漫长等待时间里，我们已经收集了一些我们所能够找到的非常可爱的超级狗。
• 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 bide my time and the hour of vengeance is nigh.
  我在等待时机，报仇的时刻就要到了。
• 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。