waiting period

基本解釋

There were formalities: the five-day waiting period and an appearance in person at the wedding license bureau.
因?yàn)橛袃蓚€特例：一個是為期五天的等待期簽證還有一個就是本人出現(xiàn)在婚禮許可證局。
Once the waiting period has ended, your account will be deleted and your feedback ratings and other information will no longer be visible.
一旦等待期結(jié)束，你的帳戶就將被刪除，你的反饋評分和其他信息都將不可見。
Even when permission was obtained the couple had to go through a one month waiting period in which the they were supposed to think things over.
但是即使拿到了上司的許可，夫妻二人還是要一起度過一個月的等待期，這段時間里他們可以好好再想一下。

The usual five-year waiting period for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame was suspended.
It was during that critical waiting period 10 years ago that Klug decided if he pulled through, he would do everything in his power to help others going through the same thing.

It appears that there is a considerably longer waiting period to elect a president.
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