1.ready to do something, or ready to be used when needed
1.Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City were also waiting in the wings had Rodwell shown any indication of being ready to move.
阿森纳、切尔西和曼城也对他垂涎三尺，只要罗德维尔表现出转会的意愿就会有人蜂拥而上。
2.Electromagnets in the guideway are activated by a distant control station, their polarity opposite that of electromagnets in the wings.
导轨上面的电磁铁是由远程控制站激活的，电磁铁的相对立的极性在两侧。
3.I was a dancing girl standing in the wings, waiting to hear the music that would send me floating like a feather across the stage.
我是一个舞蹈演员，站在舞台的一侧，等待着音乐响起，好让我在舞台上像一片羽毛般轻盈地飘舞。
4.Is there a person who's keeping this guy back in the wings, who's not letting this pine self-promoter set himself up in Jerusalem?
是不是一个人在阻止这个人得势，不让这个自称为神的人，把自己竖立在耶路撒冷？
5.The hatch has been revealed in high-res photos and a few key details, though full official information is still waiting in the wings.
舱口已显示在高分辨率的照片和一些关键的细节，但正式的信息仍然是伺机而动。
6.Creon makes a final appeal, saying that Antigone needs to understand what goes on in the wings of her drama.
Creon作出最后呼吁说，安提戈涅需要了解所发生的翅膀，她戏剧。
7.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。
8.It's hard to see how a depression could get under way when so much capital is waiting in the wings.
很难想像有那么多的资金在等待找到用武之地的时候会发生大萧条。
9.Carrie was standing in the wings, weakly waiting her next cue, all the snap and nerve gone out of her.
嘉莉正虚弱地站在舞台的边廊，等着唤她上台的提示，身上的力气和勇气都消失得无影无踪。
10.The answers to all your problems are waiting in the wings ready to emerge.
对你们所有问题的解答都等在底线区域等待着浮现。