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lying in wait

英 [ˈlaɪɪŋ ɪn weɪt]

美 [ˈlaɪɪŋ ɪn weɪt]

埋伏,伏击,诡计

法律

英英释义

noun

  • the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
      Synonym:ambushambuscadetrap

    adj

    • waiting in concealment
      1. an army lying in wait in the forest

    双语例句

    • Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.
      有人预先埋伏在妇人的内室里。
    • The robbers were lying in wait for the rich traveller.
      强盗们埋伏起来准备袭击那个有钱的旅客。
    • From what you eat and drink to where you live, there's a special sickness lying in wait just for you if you have the misfortune to have two X chromosomes.
      如果很不幸你的基因是由两个X染色体组成,那么从你吃喝的东西到你生活的地方,这儿都有个专门的疾病在静静地等待着你。
    • Some form of major adversity is either going to be there or it's lying in wait just around the corner.
      有些大灾难不是立即发生就是待在角落等待时机。
    • Being compelled to emerge into the main road, his ill fortune brought him at last where a small party of boys, headed by a ferocious young butcher, was lying in wait for any means of pleasurable excitement that might happen.
      由于最后不得不出现在大路上,所以厄运终于又降临到他的头上。有一小群以一位残暴的年轻屠夫为首的男孩子正躺在那里等待着有什么可供他们开心取乐的事情发生。
    • It had been lying in wait, rarely spoken of, for 60 years.
      这段故事一直沉睡着等待了60年,几乎从未被提起。
    • The gunmen were lying in wait when Mr predit came out of the hotel.
      普里迪特先生从旅馆里走出来时,那个职业杀手正埋伏等着。
    • And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
      以别的儿子迦勒出去,站在城门口。亚比米勒和跟随他的人从埋伏之处起来。
    • The horrors lying in wait for them round every corner.
      暗伏在他们周围的种种恐怖事件。
    • So either she was lying in wait.
      要么是她在这里等着。