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waiting [noun]
waiting 作为名词修饰语，常构成复合名词，如 waiting list（候补名单）、waiting room（等候室）。
Please have a seat in the waiting area.
请在候诊区就座。
等候；等待
waitings — plural of waiting
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
等候；等待
the act of staying in expectation
Please have a seat in the waiting area.
请在候诊区就座。
停留或等待期待中的状态或行为。
The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
服务,侍候。
Attendance, service.
The waiting at the airport lasted three hours, so we played cards to pass the time.
在机场的等待持续了三个小时，所以我们打牌消磨时间。
Her waiting for the test results made her too anxious to focus on anything else.
她对考试结果的等待让她焦虑得无法专心做任何事。
I don't mind the waiting as long as the food is good when it finally arrives.
只要食物最终端上来时味道好，我不介意等待。
waiting 作为名词修饰语，常构成复合名词，如 waiting list（候补名单）、waiting room（等候室）。
Please have a seat in the waiting area.
请在候诊区就座。
这里的 waiting 是名词，前面可用形容词修饰。
There was a long waiting before the show started.
演出开始前有长时间的等待。
waiting 作名词时，常与 for 连用表示等待的对象。
The waiting for the results was nerve-wracking.
等待结果的过程令人紧张不安。
Not this
I am tired of the waiting of the train.
Use this
I am tired of the waiting for the train.
在英语中，表示‘等候某物’应使用介词 for，而非 of。中文的‘等候’后常接‘的’，但英语中 waiting for 是固定搭配。
Not this
All the waitings were unnecessary.
Use this
All the waiting was unnecessary.
waiting 作为名词时是不可数名词，不能加 -s 变为复数。中文中‘等候’可视为可数，但英语中需用单数形式或改为 a lot of waiting。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
等候名单
She was put on a waiting list for the course.
她被列入这门课程的等候名单。
等候室
Please have a seat in the waiting room.
请在等候室就座。
等候期
There is a three-month waiting period for insurance coverage.
保险覆盖有三个月的等候期。
等候时间
The average waiting time at the clinic is 20 minutes.
诊所的平均等候时间是20分钟。
伺机而动的策略
The company is playing a waiting game to see how the market reacts.
公司在玩一场伺机而动的游戏，观察市场反应。
伺机而动的策略
They are playing a waiting game to see what the competition does.
他们采取伺机而动的策略，看竞争对手会怎么做。
等候名单
She was put on a waiting list for the popular course.
她被列入热门课程的等候名单。
候诊室；等候室
The hospital waiting room was crowded with patients.
医院的候诊室里挤满了病人。
等待是最难的部分。
I always find the waiting for results to be the most stressful part of any exam.
我总觉得等待结果是最紧张的部分。
我们在等待戈多。
The feeling of waiting endlessly without knowing what for can be captured in Beckett's play.
无尽等待却不知为何的感觉，在贝克特的剧中得以体现。
Use waitings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 waiting 拆成 wait（等）加 ing（正在），想象你正在排队等车，嘴里默念“我在 waiting”，就是“正在等候”。
通常用于描述等待的行为或状态，常见于日常对话和书面语中。
这些词的重读元音和后续音均为 /eɪtɪŋ/，与 waiting 押韵。注意拼写相似的 writing (/ˈraɪtɪŋ/) 发音不同，不押韵。
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