每日一譯:我們?cè)陟o候他們進(jìn)一步的消息

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1.我們?cè)陟o候他們進(jìn)一步的消息。
    We shall await hearing further from them.
    We shall wait to hear further from them.
    await之后接動(dòng)名詞;wait之后接動(dòng)詞不定式。
    2.我在公共車(chē)站等候她已一小時(shí)了。
    I have been waiting for her for an hour at the bus stop.
    (一)await是及物動(dòng)詞,后面直接接賓語(yǔ);wait雖然也可用作及物動(dòng)詞,但在現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)中,一般作不及物動(dòng)詞用,與for,to,till,until等詞連用。
    (二)await的賓語(yǔ)大都是抽象名詞,如:decision,reply,arrival,announcement,return等;wait for的賓語(yǔ)一般是人或事物。
    3.謝謝您給我這次機(jī)會(huì),并為我騰出時(shí)間.
    Thank you for the opportunity and time given to me.
    4.那輪船顛簸搖晃, 很多乘客頭暈惡心。
    The ship pitched and rolled and many passengers were sick.
    5.我來(lái)應(yīng)征昨天早報(bào)上貴公司要招聘的空缺職位.
    I come here to apply for the vacancy advertised in the morning newspaper yesterday.
    6.Time and tide wait(s)for no man.(英譯漢)
    歲月不待人.