await

await
verb
  1. [with obj.](of a person) wait for (an event)
    (人)等待(事件)
    we await the proposals with impatience.
    我们焦急地等待着提案。
    remand prisoners awaiting trial.
    将犯人还押候审。
    [as adj., with submodifier]awaited an eagerly awaited debut.
    等待盼望已久的首次亮相。
    ■(of an event or circumstance) be in store for (someone)
    (事件,情况)等着(某人)
    many dangers await them.
    种种危险在等待着他们。
语源
  1. Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad- 'to, at') + waitier 'to wait'
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