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

• And now the scene shifts to the warehouse, where the murderer is lying in wait.
  现在场景转到仓库，行凶者正埋伏在那里伺机行动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So either she was lying in wait.
  要么是她在这里等着。
• The robber be lying In wait for the rich traveler
  强盗埋伏著等待有钱的旅客
• The dark elves had been lying in wait, looking for a way to bring some dwarves over to this side.
  暗精灵们一直在暗中等待，伺机寻找某个将一些矮人送到这一边的方法。
• 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。