wait around
英 [weɪt əˈraʊnd]
美 [weɪt əˈraʊnd]
(长时间地)干等,空等
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (长时间地)干等,空等
If youwait aroundorwait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives.- The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike...
袭击者也许一直都在等待着动手的机会。 - I waited around to speak to the doctor.
我干等着跟医生说话。 - ...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport.
在机场候机时的百无聊赖
- The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike...
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 wait about
双语例句
- I'm not going to wait around another year.
我不会再等一年了。 - Why not have his accomplices wait around the corner in a cargo van?
而不是让他同伙坐着货车上等在角落? - How does it feel to wait around for a mule to shite out a condom full of drugs?
你怎么认为就这样空等贩毒的人就会拿出一个装满毒品的避孕套? - Success never comes to look for you while you wait around.
如果消极等待,成功是永远不会来找你的。 - Alright, if you want to wait around, that's fine. I'll get him myself.
你如果不想管,好的,我自己把他找出来。 - You say his expecting me to drive him to see the meeting and wait around till he's finished? I'll see him damned first.
你是说他想让我开车送他去开会并等到他把会开完了吗?让他见鬼去吧。 - Show the visitor in as soon as he arrives. Don't make him wait around in the corridor.
客人一到就让他进来,不要让他在走廊等着。 - We have to wait around for a search warrant?
我们要留下等搜查令吗? - We have to wait around for the lingerers to leave before we can close the museum.
我们必须等逗留的人离开以后再关闭博物馆。 - I can't wait around here any longer.
我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。