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wait around

英 [weɪt əˈraʊnd]

美 [weɪt əˈraʊnd]

(长时间地)干等,空等

柯林斯词典

    in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 wait about

  • 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.
    1. 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。
    2. I waited around to speak to the doctor.
      我干等着跟医生说话。
    3. ...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport.
      在机场候机时的百无聊赖

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。