If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
例句
Very little was said as we awaited the arrival of the chairman...我們等候主席到來的時候都沒怎么說話。He's awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year.他在等候審判，預計明年初開始。
VERB
即將發生于；將降臨到…身上
Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future.
例句
A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane.在羅斯瑪麗巷，一起嚴重的意外事件正等待著他們。