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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

    • 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。
    • Little did I know what troubles were lying in wait for me when I got home.
      我回家时根本就不知道有什么麻烦等着我。
    • The horrors lying in wait for them round every corner.
      暗伏在他们周围的种种恐怖事件。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing that there might be wild animals lying in wait for her.
      拉拉在回山洞的路上加快了脚步,因为害怕里面会有野兽躺着等她。
    • 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。
    • The robber be lying In wait for the rich traveler
      强盗埋伏著等待有钱的旅客
    • In most states, first-degree murder is defined as an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim.
      在大多数州,一级谋杀被定义为蓄意且有预谋的非法杀害,即在预谋后实施或“伏击”受害人的犯罪行为。
    • 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。