await
1.await和wait的不同,下面几点该注意:
(1)await不及wait普通。
(2)await是及物动词,后面不可加介词,如可以说I await your reply,不可说I await for your reply。
(3)await是及物动词,wait也可以用作及物动词,往往两个单词可以通用。例如:I await(或wait)your decision.
(4)await后面可以接动名词做宾语,但不可接不定式,wait后面可以接不定式做它的状语短语,但不可接动名词,如I shall await hearing from you和I shall wait to hear from you。这两句里的await和wait不可对调。await后面的动名词虽然偶尔在形式上是主动语态而在意思上却是被动的。例如:In revising the dictionary the author found a great deal of material awaiting working up.
(5)wait for可说等于await,如I am waiting for him和I am awaiting him意思相同。但wait for后面接了宾语还可以加上不定式,await却不可,如I am waiting for him to come里的waiting for不可改作awaiting。