"The initial reaction from Israel, which has retaliated for recent suicide bombings and shooting attacks with air raids and roundups of militants, reflected the wait-and-see attitude it has often adopted to pledges of truce by Arafat in the past." 这句新闻的意思是说以色列对巴勒斯坦的自杀性爆炸行动的报复行为，反映了其对以往阿拉法特所做出的巴以停战的保证的观望态度（质疑）。这里, "wait-and-see attitude"就是指"观望"，即"静观其变"的意思。再如: I don't think my boss will let me, but I'll just have to wait and see.

摘自中国日报网站（J-04）