wait up

英 [weɪt ʌp]

美 [weɪt ʌp]

等着不睡; 熬夜等待; （尤指）等待夜归的人; 走慢点; 等一等

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 等着不睡;熬夜等待；（尤指）等待夜归的人
  If youwait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night.
  1. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him...
     我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
  2. Don't wait up.
     不要熬夜等着。
• PHRASAL VERB 走慢点;等一等
  If you ask someone towait up, you are asking them to go more slowly or to stop and wait for you.
  1. I was running down the hill shouting, 'Michael, Michael, man, wait up'.
     我边往山下跑边喊：“迈克尔，迈克尔，嘿，等等我。”

双语例句

• I will probably come home after midnight, so don't bother to wait up.
  我可能午夜过后回家，别等着我。
• Remember the people infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis or co-infected with HIV who had to wait up to3 months for a reliable diagnosis.
  不要忘记那些耐药性结核病患者或同时感染有艾滋病毒的结核病患者，他们为了获得可靠的诊断，必须等待长达3个月时间。
• A group called the National Foundation for American Policy says a highly skilled Indian worker could have to wait up to seventy years.
  一个被称为美国政策国家基金会的组织称，一名高熟练度的印度工人可能需要等待长达70年之久。
• Didn't you wait up for her?
  你不曾等过她吗？
• Kenneth told his wife not to wait up for him since he wouldn't be home until quite late.
  肯尼士要他太太刚等他，因为他很晚才会回来。
• I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him
  我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
• 'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.'
  “快点啦，格雷丝，”他催促道，“别等了。快点。”
• There's not much difference. I used to wait up half the night for George to go, and now I wait up half the night for him to come home.
  “没有太大的区别，过去我总是熬到半夜等乔治离开，现在我总要熬到半夜等他回家”。
• Hey wait up, want some whisky with ice?
  嗨！等一下，要不要再来杯威士忌加冰？
• I try to wait up, but today was just too much.
  我想熬夜等你的，可是我今天太累了。