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

• Daddy cannot bide me, because I swear at him.
  爸爸才受不了我呢，因为我乱骂他。
• 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。
• Well, I told him to beware,'said my companion;` and he must bide the consequences of neglecting my warning!
  “唉，我告诉过他要小心，”我的同伴说，“他忽视了我的警告，就一定更遭到这后果！
• Waters stink soon, if in one place they bide.
  要知道，不流动的水会很快发臭。
• 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。
• Patience Pays Off: Bide Your Time And Save
  耐心等待回报：付出时间，节约了成本
• Bide here a bit, and the cart will soon come, no doubt,'said Mrs Durbeyfield.
  “在这儿等一会儿吧，马车很快就要来了，这是用不着怀疑的，”德北菲尔德太太说。
• 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。
• 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。