in the wings

基本解释

Perhaps, after decades of waiting in the wings, the technology is finally about to hear its name called out from the stage.
或许，在等待助其飞翔的翅膀等了数几十年之后，这项技术最终等来了召唤其登上舞台的呼声。
John McCain would be wise to keep Mr Paulson in his job for the time being (he hardly has an embarrassment of talented replacements waiting in the wings).
约翰·麦凯恩将会英明的暂时保留保尔森的工作（在这方面他手头几乎没有几个可用之才）。
Dr. Carroll and his colleagues discovered that the module of genes that sets the location of the spots is the same module that lays out the veins and sensory organs in the wings of many fly species.
卡洛尔博士和他的同事们发现设置这些圆点布局的基因模组同样也是在许多种类的苍蝇中设计翅膀纹理和感知器官的模组。

They found that the best position for gliding had the back two wings in a position similar to that of a flying squirrel.
In Deuteronomy 32:10, the image is that of an eagle that bears its young on its wings: He found him in a desert region, In an empty howling waste.
在《申命记》第32章10节，出现在鹰的形象，两翼负着雏鹰：,耶和华遇见他在荒凉旷野，在野兽吼叫之地。
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But Palestinians mainly... There are extremists or right-wings, let's say, in the Palestinian side right now.
但是巴勒斯坦人主要。,当然会有极端分子或是右翼，此时此刻，在巴勒斯坦这一方。
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And Phase 3, Consolidation, and Phase 4, Boom II, are waiting in the wings.
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