| Subject | English | Chinese |
| gen. | a little month to wait | 等待短短的一个月 |
| IT | active wait | 活动等待 |
| tech. | active wait | 主动等待 |
| interntl.trade. | adopt a wait-and-see attitude | 采取观望态度 |
| IT | alertable wait | 可警告等待 |
| econ. | As they prefer to wait and see, there is little business activity at present | 由于他们宁可暂时观望，目前业务活动甚少 |
| tech. | average wait per approaching | 每进口道平均等待时间 |
| space | average wait time | 平均等待时间 |
| dentist. | Can you wait for twenty minutes? | 您能等二十分钟吗？ |
| el. | channel program wait | 通道程序等待 |
| IT | circular wait | 循环等待 |
| el. | controller active wait state | 控制器有效等待状态 |
| el. | controller synchronous wait state | 控制器同步等待状态 |
| gen. | Could you just wait at the entrance of the hall, sir? | 您能在大厅门口等着吗，先生？ |
| dentist. | Could you wait for a while? | 您愿意等一会儿吗？ |
| avia. | customer wait time | 客户等待时间 |
| geophys. | density and dual wait time | 密度与双程等候时间 |
| IT | device wait | 设备等待 |
| auto. | do not wait | 【动】禁止停车 |
| geophys. | dual wait time | 双程等候时间 |
| el. | executive wait time module | 执行程序等待时间模块 |
| el. | expected wait time | 预期等待时间 |
| tech. | hard wait | 硬等待 |
| gen. | I am sorry, sir. There has been an error in your bill. Please wait a minute while I correct it | 对不起，先生，您的账单算错了。请稍候，我马上把它改过来 |
| gen. | I could not wait until I could really purchase such kind of very manoeuvrable car | 我真是迫不及待地想要购买这种操纵灵活的小轿车了 |
| gen. | If a foreigner wants to obtain long-term residency in another country, he or she has to apply for it first and then wait for permission | 假如外国公民想获得长期居留权，就必须先申请，然后再等候批准 |
| gen. | If we can't do it this Friday, it'll have to wait until the week after next | 如果这个周五不行，就要等到下下周了 |
| gen. | If you like, you can have some chicken, boiled rather than fried. But you can wait and see | 如想要，可以要点鸡肉，煮的比炸的好。但您也可以等等看 |
| gen. | I'm awfully sorry. The only thing we can do is to contact CAAC office in Paris. Maybe they will wait for you if you are not too late | 非常抱歉。我们唯一能做的就是联系巴黎的中国民航办事处。如果没有迟到很久，也许他们会等你们的 |
| gen. | I'm wondering if I could reapply. Do I have to wait three to six months before reapplying | 我想知道我是否还能再次申请签证。我需要等三到六个月才能再次申请吗？ |
| el. | input and wait | 输人和等待 |
| el. | input/output wait queue | 输人/输出等待队列 |
| gen. | It doesn? t matter. Let's wait until the next time | 没关系。下次还有机会 |
| econ. | It seems that he has adopted a wait-and-see attitude | 看来他采取了观望态度 |
| navig. | job wait limit | 作业等待限制 |
| gen. | lay wait for | 埋伏以待 |
| gen. | lie in wait for | 埋伏以待 |
| el. | mean time to wait | 平均等待时间 |
| tech. | multiple wait | 多重等待 |
| agric. | no-wait schedule | 立即调度 |
| gen. | Owing to the air traffic control, we'll wait until a take-off clearance is given | 由于航空管制，我们要等待通行许可才能起飞 |
| IT | page wait | 页面等待 |
| telecom. | page wait | 换页等待 |
| dentist. | Please put your card on the desk and wait until we call you | 请把卡放在桌子上等着我叫您 |
| gen. | Please stop and wait till I take a picture of the Waterloo Bridge | 请停车等我照一张滑铁卢大桥照片 |
| busin. | please wait | 请稍等 |
| busin. | please wait a little while | 请稍等 |
| gen. | Please wait a moment. I'll arrange it for you | 请稍等，我马上给您安排 |
| econ. | Please wait and see until the price rises and hardens | 请观望，等到价格涨定时再说 |
| econ. | Please wait and see until the situation is favourable for the start | 请观望，等到有利时机再开始 |
| dentist. | Please wait in the waiting room | 请在候诊室等待 |
| el. | processor wait acknowledge | 处理机等待应答［确认］ |
| oil | pull up and wait technique | 上提候堵法 |
| el. | queue wait and link to waiting worker | 排队等待并链接到等待工作程序 |
| tech. | repairs done while you wait | 即刻修妥 |
| gen. | repairs done while you wait | 修理来件立等可取 |
| gen. | Should I call his pediatrician right away or wait and see how it goes? | 我应该马上叫他的儿科医师来，还是等等看将会怎样？ |
| IT | simplex stop-and-wait protocol | 单工停止等待协议 |
| tech. | sit and wait predator | 坐等捕食者 |
| IT | soft wait | 软等待 |
| el. | stop-and-wait protocol | 停止等待协议 |
| telecom. | stop-and-wait | 停止等待方式 |
| telecom. | stop-and-wait | 停等式流量控制 |
| space | stop-and-wait ARQ | 停止-等待自动重传 |
| el. | stop-and-wait automatic repeat request | 停止等待自动请求重复 |
| tech. | system wait | 系统等待 |
| el. | terminal input/output wait queue | 终端输人/输出等待队列 |
| IT | terminal I/O wait | 终端输入/输出等待 |
| el. | terminal wait | 终端等待 |
| tech. | test wait | 测试等待 |
| gen. | The cafeteria is short-handed, so we'll have to wait in line | 自助餐厅人手不够，所以我们不得不排队等候 |
| econ. | The passengers had to wait the storm out at the airport | 旅客们只得在机场等待暴风雨过去 |
| dentist. | The patient before you is a rather complicated case, l'm sorry you will have to wait at least half an hour | 您前面那个病人情况较复杂。对不起，您至少还得等半个小时 |
| commer. | The sellers prefer to wait until the prices harden | 卖主宁可等待价格趋稳时再出售 |
| econ. | They are in urgent need of the goods, they cannot afford to wait | 他们急需这批货，他们迫不及待 |
| el. | time to wait for reassignment/resynchronization | 重新赋值/再同步等待时间 |
| econ. | Under existing conditions, it would be better to wait and see | 在现实情况下，最好等等再说 |
| IT | virtual wait time | 虚拟等待时间 |
| gen. | wait a bit | 稍等 |
| gen. | wait a bit | 等一下 |
| gen. | wait a minute | 等一等 |
| gen. | wait a mo | 稍等一等 |
| gen. | wait a mo | 等一下 |
| busin. | wait a moment | 请稍候 |
| busin. | wait a moment | 稍等 |
| dentist. | Wait a moment, please | 请稍等 |
| gen. | Wait a moment, please. I will transfer it for you | 请稍等，我将为您转接 |
| austral., desert. | wait a while | 等待相思树 |
| agric. | wait-a-bit | 荆棘矮生有刺植物 |
| space | wait acknowledge | 等待应答 |
| el. | wait acknowledge | 等待确认 |
| telecom. | wait acknowledgement | 等待应答 |
| telecom. | wait acknowledgement | 等待证实 |
| IT | wait acknowledgment | 等待确认 |
| bridge. | wait and bid | 等叫 |
| gen. | wait and see | 观望 |
| gen. | wait and see | 等着瞧 |
| dril. | wait and weight kill method | 等待加重压井法 |
| oil | wait and weight method | 等待加重法 |
| busin. | wait-and-see | 观望的 |
| gen. | wait-and-see | 等着瞧的 |
| busin. | wait-and-see policy | 观望政策 |
| dril. | wait-and-weight method | 等候加重压井法 |
| gen. | wait at table | 侍候用餐 |
| desert. | wait-a-while | 等会儿相思树 |
| archit. | wait bay | 避车道 |
| archit. | wait bay | 短时停车湾 |
| telecom. | wait before transmission | 传输前等待 |
| tech. | wait before transmission | 传输延迟 |
| IT | wait before transmit | 发送前等待 |
| el. | wait before transmit positive acknowledgement | 发送肯定前等待 |
| tech. | wait before transmit positive acknowledgement | 确认传输前的等待 |
| tech. | wait before transmit positive acknowledgement | 确认传输延迟 |
| IT | wait before transmit positive acknowledgement character | 发送确认前等待字符 |
| el. | wait before transmitting | 发送前等待 |
| tech. | wait bit | 等待位 |
| space | wait character | 等待字符 |
| comp., MS | wait condition | 等待條件 (A workflow condition that enables a workflow to block its own execution) |
| space | wait condition | 等待条件 |
| tech. | wait condition | 等候条件 |
| telecom. | wait cursor | 沙漏光标MS |
| gen. | wait for | 等待 |
| gen. | wait for | 等待，候 |
| gen. | wait for | 等候 |
| gen. | wait for a solid hour | 足足等了一个小时 |
| econ. | wait for account | 候账 |
| commer. | wait for advice from the buyer | 等待买方通知 |
| bowl. | wait for ball position | 等待最佳出球点 |
| tech. | wait for call | 等待呼唤 |
| tech. | wait for dialtone before dialing | 拨号前等候拨号音 |
| el. | wait for input | 等待输人 |
| geophys. | wait for interrupt | 中断等待 |
| el. | wait for interrupt | 等待中断 |
| mahjong. | wait for one necessary tile to win | 听牌 |
| mahjong. | wait for one of the pair to win | 单钓 |
| el. | wait for single event flag | 单事件等待标志 |
| fin. | wait for the account | 候帐 |
| busin. | wait for the account | 候账 |
| idiom. | wait for the cat to jump | 观望形势后再作决定 |
| gen. | wait for the rain to stop | 等待雨停 |
| el. | wait for traffic to clear | 等待通话终结 |
| mahjong. | wait for two tiles to win | 对碰 |
| gen. | wait in line | 排队等候 |
| busin. | wait in queue | 排队等候 |
| auto. | wait light | 柴油机起动时等待指示灯 |
| tech. | wait line problem | 排队问题 |
| tech. | wait list | 等待表 |
| IT | wait loop | 等待循环例程 |
| IT | WAIT macro instruction | 等待宏指令 |
| gen. | wait on | 随着…而产生 |
| econ. | wait on | 服侍 |
| dril. | wait on | 待命 |
| econ. | wait on | 招待 |
| econ. | wait on | 拜访 |
| oil | wait on | 等待 |
| gen. | wait on | 追随 |
| telecom. | wait on busy | 遇忙等待 |
| dril. | wait on cement | 候凝 |
| dril. | wait on water | 等水 |
| el. | wait-on-user-defined event | 等待用户定义事件 |
| adv. | wait order | 广告待刊通知 |
| gen. | wait out | 等到… |
| econ. | wait out | 等到…结束 |
| baseb. | wait out | 选击击球员等待好球的战术 |
| baseb. | wait out | 选击 |
| gen. | wait out | 等到…的末了 |
| auto. | wait period | 等候停车，停工时间 |
| tech. | wait place | 短时停车处 |
| el. | wait post request block | 等待事后请求块 |
| el. | wait queue element | 等待队列单元 |
| archit. | wait room | 候诊室 |
| archit. | wait room | 候车机室 |
| tech. | wait routine | 等待程序 |
| telecom. | wait signal | 等待信号 |
| IT | wait state | 等待状态 |
| telecom. | wait state | 等待状态微处理器的处理周期 |
| tech. | wait state bit | 等待状态位 |
| tech. | wait state of process | 进程的等待状态 |
| space | wait statement | 等待语句 |
| tech. | wait subroutine | 等待子程序 |
| tech. | wait subroutine | 延时子程序 |
| tech. | wait subroutine call | 延时子程序调用 |
| telecom. | wait system | 等待制 |
| gen. | wait till | 等到之时 |
| IT | wait time | 等待时间 |
| geophys. | wait time | 核磁共振成像测井等待时间 |
| auto. | wait time | 待命时间 |
| auto. | wait time | 候乘时间 |
| tech. | wait time limit | 等待时间限制 |
| IT | wait to restore WTR time | 等待恢复时间 |
| auto. | wait to start | 等待起动 |
| auto. | wait to start lamp | 柴油机预热装置等待起动指示灯 |
| auto. | wait-to-glow lamp | 预热等待指示灯 |
| gen. | wait until | 等到之时 |
| econ. | wait up | 等候着不睡 |
| econ. | wait upon | 拜访 |
| econ. | wait upon | 服侍 |
| econ. | wait upon | 招待 |
| gen. | wait upon | 随着…而产生 |
| gen. | wait upon | 追随 |
| math. | waiting line | 等待线 |
| gen. | we can wait no longer | 我们不能再等了 |
| econ. | We had a long wait for our goods ordered last year | 我们等候去年的订货已很久 |
| dentist. | We had better wait until the swelling has gone down | 待肿胀消退后，我们再拔牙 |
| dentist. | We should wait until the symptoms disappear | 待症状消失后，我们再拔牙 |
| dentist. | We will wait about four minutes for the anesthetic to take effect | 四分钟左右麻药就会起作用 |
| dentist. | We will wait for the gums to heal before we take the impressions | 待牙龈愈合后我们再取模 |
| econ. | We would rather wait till the market revives | 我们宁愿等待市场恢复活跃 |
| econ. | We'd better wait and see during the continuance of the unstable market | 市场继续处于不稳定状态，我们最好持观望态度 |
| commer. | We'll wait for a bid from the buyer | 我们将等待该买主的递盘 |
| gen. | Well, you still have to wait in line like everyone else | 那你也还是要和他人一样排队等候 |
| commer. | We're in urgent need of the goods, we cannot afford to wait for long | 我们急需此货，不可久等 |
| proj.manag. | When a process with a graphical interface is executing, its message loop is in a wait state | 有图形界面的进程在执行时、其消息循环处于等待状态 |
| gen. | When will it be ready? How long should I wait? | 何时能做好？还要等多久？ |
| gen. | Will passengers please wait in the lounge? | 请乘客在休息室等候 |
| el. | world wide wait | 环球等待 |
| multimed. | world wide wait | 全世界在等待 |
| dentist. | Would you wait a few minutes? | 您愿意等几分钟吗？ |
| gen. | You mean we have to wait until the fog lifts? | 你是说我们得等雾散了才能起飞？ |
| multimed. | zero wait stale | 零等待状态 |
| IT | zero wait state | 无等待状态 |
| telecom. | zero wait state | 零等待状态 |
| IT | zero-wait state computer | 零等待状态计算机 |
| el. | zero wait state computer | 零等待状态计算机 |
