We ought not to go jogging along, improvident, incompetent, waiting for something to turn up . 我们不应该不顾未来，毫无办法地凑合着过下去，等待着新的事情发生。
So, after two days, the reply so impatiently awaited was placed in the hands of president barbicane . 于是过了二天，巴比康主席手里拿到了大家那样迫切地等待着的回信。
Thousands of people still queue up to look at these portraits of the famous and the infamous . 成千上万的人现在仍然排队等待着观看这些流芳百世或遗臭万年的人物的肖像。
By imperceptible degrees, as vanamee waited under the shadows of the pear trees, the answer grew nearer and nearer . 伐那米在梨树的阴影里等待着，那个回音神不知鬼不觉的渐渐越来越近了。
He was aware that a change had occurred in the quality of her silence, in the silence something waited, ready to spring . 他便意识到她的沉默发生了质变，沉默中有某种东西在等待着，即刻就要迸发出来。
Duncan listened with intense anxiety for the strokes of the paddle, believing that flight was now their only refuge . 海沃德神情紧张地倾听着，等待着传来船桨的拍水声，也觉得眼下他们唯一的出路是赶快逃跑。
I am going to do a bit of play-acting, the bottom ground of which is just exactly as serious as the gallows for the pair of us . 我将要去表演一台戏，表演这台戏的基本原因跟那等待着我们的绞刑架同样的是一件严肃的事。
Since decisions were obviously taking shape at highest levels, others waited, though now a buzz of conversation filled the hall . 显然，决定就要在最高层中做出，其他人等待着，不过，此时会场里，窃窃私语已汇成一片声浪。
While elizabeth-jane sits waiting in great amaze at the young man's presence we may briefly explain how he came there . 当伊丽莎白杰恩，惊惊慌慌地坐在年轻人面前等待着的时候，我们暂且简短地说明一下他是怎样到这里来的。
By now , a rocket will have set off on its 35 million mile trip to mars and scientists must be waiting anxiously for the results . 此刻，一枚火箭可能已经出发，踏上飞向火星的3500万英里的旅程，科学家们一定在焦急地等待着结果。
