我们等候时，出租汽车的计程器一直在滴答滴答地走着。

While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.

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这项专利宣称，“随着汽车使用率的上升，在红绿灯前等候的车流量可能将会越来越多，等候时间将会越来越长”，如果等候时汽车的引擎仍然还在运转的话，那么将导致大量的燃料被浪费。

The patent states that with “increasing vehicle usage there may bemore traffic and longer wait times at traffic signals,” resulting in wastedfuel if the vehicle engines are kept running.

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事故发生时，有一群人在等候公共汽车。

A crowd was waiting for the bus when the accident happened.

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当你等公共汽车时，你必须排队等候。

You must wait in line when you wait for a bus.

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年，年轻的乔布斯在一座车库中创立了苹果公司。 而现在的他看起来异常虚弱。当他准备坐进等候在北加州帕罗·阿尔托的一辆汽车中时，他虚弱到无法站稳。

Jobs, who founded Apple in his garage in 1976, seemed almost too weak to hold himself up as he prepared to get into a waiting car in Palo Alto, northern California.

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在我们等候另一辆汽车时，发动机在轻轻地空转着。

The engine ticked over softly while we waited for the other car to come.

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在我们等候另一辆汽车时，发动机在轻轻地空转着。

The engine ticked over softly while we waited for the other car to come.

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