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

• 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。
• He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
  他向我如熊埋伏，如狮子在隐密处。
• 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。
• When I was lying in bed, when employing wait, my eye socket is a moist, is a friend to bring trouble to relatives tears, feelings are complex;
  当我躺在病床上，用人伺候的时候，我的眼圈是湿润的，是给亲人朋友带来麻烦的泪花，心情是复杂的；
• He should be lying in wait for you in one of those places.
  他会在其中一个地带对你伏击。
• 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。
• Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves fearing that there might be wild animals lying in wait for her.
  拉拉在回山洞的路上加快了脚步，因为害怕里面会有野兽躺着等她。
• 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。
• The bandits were lying in wait for the travellers.
  土匪埋伏着等待路人。
• The horrors lying in wait for them round every corner.
  暗伏在他们周围的种种恐怖事件。