“wait in the wings”別理解成“在翅膀下等待”

大家好，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的口語表達——wait in the wings， 這個短語的含義不是指“在翅膀下等待”，其正確的含義是：

wait in the wings 準備就緒；隨時可使用

The team has several talented young players waiting in the wings。

這支隊伍裡有幾位很有天賦的年輕隊員隨時可以頂上去。

My assistant is waiting in the wings to take my job once I retire。

我的助手準備就緒，一旦我退休就會接替我的工作。

Mr。 Smith retires as manager next year， and Mr。 Jones is just waiting in the wings。

史密斯先生明年作為經理退休了，而瓊斯先生只是在一旁準備就緒。

Jane was waiting in the wings， hoping that a member of the hockey team would drop out and she would get a place on the team。

簡在一旁準備就緒，希望曲棍球隊的一個成員退出，她就能在隊裡得到一個位置。

She waited in the wings to take over the company from her father。

她在準備就緒，從她父親手中接管公司。