最好的例子在这里，请欣赏:

async与函数一起使用，使其成为异步函数。await关键字用于同步调用异步函数。await关键字保持JS引擎的执行，直到promise被解决。

我们应该只在需要立即得到结果时使用async & await。也许函数返回的结果将在下一行中使用。

关注这个博客，它用简单的文字写得很好

除了其他答案，还有await (c#参考)

更具体地说，在包含的例子中，它解释了您的情况

下面的Windows窗体示例说明了await在 异步方法，WaitAsynchronouslyAsync。对比一下它的行为 方法使用waitsynchrontically的行为。没有等待 应用到任务的操作符，waitsynchronize同步运行 尽管在定义中使用了async修饰符，并且调用了 线程。睡在它的身体里。

private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Call the method that runs asynchronously.
    string result = await WaitAsynchronouslyAsync();

    // Call the method that runs synchronously.
    //string result = await WaitSynchronously ();

    // Display the result.
    textBox1.Text += result;
}

// The following method runs asynchronously. The UI thread is not
// blocked during the delay. You can move or resize the Form1 window 
// while Task.Delay is running.
public async Task<string> WaitAsynchronouslyAsync()
{
    await Task.Delay(10000);
    return "Finished";
}

// The following method runs synchronously, despite the use of async.
// You cannot move or resize the Form1 window while Thread.Sleep
// is running because the UI thread is blocked.
public async Task<string> WaitSynchronously()
{
    // Add a using directive for System.Threading.
    Thread.Sleep(10000);
    return "Finished";
}

我认为你用System.Threading.Thread.Sleep选了一个不好的例子

异步任务的要点是让它在后台执行，而不锁定主线程，例如执行DownloadFileAsync

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep不是“正在完成”的事情，它只是休眠，因此你的下一行在5秒后到达……

阅读这篇文章，我认为它很好地解释了async和await概念:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh191443.aspx

查看这个小提琴https://dotnetfiddle.net/VhZdLU(如果可能的话改进它)，运行一个简单的控制台应用程序，在同一个程序中显示Task, Task. waitall ()， async和await操作符的用法。

这个小提琴应该清楚你的执行周期的概念。

下面是示例代码

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {               
        var a = MyMethodAsync(); //Task started for Execution and immediately goes to Line 19 of the code. Cursor will come back as soon as await operator is met       
        Console.WriteLine("Cursor Moved to Next Line Without Waiting for MyMethodAsync() completion");
        Console.WriteLine("Now Waiting for Task to be Finished");       
        Task.WaitAll(a); //Now Waiting      
        Console.WriteLine("Exiting CommandLine");       
    }

    public static async Task MyMethodAsync()
    {
        Task<int> longRunningTask = LongRunningOperation();
        // independent work which doesn't need the result of LongRunningOperationAsync can be done here
        Console.WriteLine("Independent Works of now executes in MyMethodAsync()");
        //and now we call await on the task 
        int result = await longRunningTask;
        //use the result 
        Console.WriteLine("Result of LongRunningOperation() is " + result);
    }

    public static async Task<int> LongRunningOperation() // assume we return an int from this long running operation 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("LongRunningOperation() Started");
        await Task.Delay(2000); // 2 second delay
        Console.WriteLine("LongRunningOperation() Finished after 2 Seconds");
        return 1;
    }   

}

来自输出窗口的跟踪:

在一个简单的控制台程序中显示上述解释:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        TestAsyncAwaitMethods();
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    public async static void TestAsyncAwaitMethods()
    {
        await LongRunningMethod();
    }

    public static async Task<int> LongRunningMethod()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Starting Long Running method...");
        await Task.Delay(5000);
        Console.WriteLine("End Long Running method...");
        return 1;
    }
}

输出为:

Starting Long Running method...
Press any key to exit...
End Long Running method...

因此,

Main通过TestAsyncAwaitMethods启动长时间运行的方法。这立即返回，而不停止当前线程，我们立即看到'按任何键退出'消息 在此期间，LongRunningMethod一直在后台运行。一旦它完成，来自Threadpool的另一个线程拾取该上下文并显示最终消息

因此，没有线程被阻塞。