单词bide
v.: 等待；留；持续；经受
过夜
等一下
等候,住,留
忍耐,经受
持续
等待
第三人称单数：bides
现在分词：biding
过去式：bided
过去分词：bode
Naturally, I wanted to hear more details about this. But right then it was too early to ask. I bided my time.
自然地，我希望听得更详细些。但这样问还太早。我付出了我的时间。
Governmental changes are close to taking place, and with them will come those dear souls who have bided their time for such an occasion.
政治上的改变快要发生了，伴随这个而来的是那些为这样一个机会而等待多时的亲爱的灵魂们。
"What has happened? " Mrs. Morse asked, having bided her time till Ruth had gone to bed.
“出了什么事了？”莫尔斯太太直等到露丝上了床，才问。
He never showed his anger but bided his time for revenge.
他从没流露出内心的气愤，而是在伺机报复。
bided study has been used.
十年寒窗，求学有所用。
Having refused to work as an actor, Tom turned to other work and bided his time.
汤姆放弃了演员的工作，改做其他工作，等待机会。
The American Public was not yet ready for such strong literary fare, and Dreiser bided his time without compromising his integrity.
美国公众对如此强烈的文学读物还没有作好准备，而德莱塞则宁可等待时机，也不妥协。
I thought of the words I would use to confront him and bided my time.
我也想过我在遭遇他的时候该说些什么话来拖延时间。
The professor, however, got wind of their scheme just before class the following day, so he bided his time.
然而第二天上课之前教授听说了她们的计划，所以他策划了一番。
Goujian bided his time for eight long years. By 482BC, confident of his superiority, he set off north with almost 50, 000 warriors.
勾践忍了八年之久，最终在公元前482年，他有了绝对的信心，派出五万名武士攻打北方。