We had to wait all day long.

我们不得不整天等候着。

《牛津词典》

We had to wait a heck of a long time!

我们只好等了很长时间！

《牛津词典》

We had to wait a week before we got the results.

我们不得不等候一个星期才拿到了结果。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He took me to Miss Adair's house and agreed to wait there until we had finished our business.

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And, in order to determine that, we had to wait a few years until 1909.

为了完成那，我们等了好几年，直到1909年。

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We had to wait - it seemed like an age - for the police to arrive.

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Sometimes we had to wait for the book we wanted to read to become available.

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Someone back in economy class had died, and we had to wait for a coroner.

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