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

• Will you please wait around for me?
  请在附近等我好吗？
• And you must wait around for it until then.
  你必须一直等到书完成为止。
• Since the code isn't going to wait around for the server, you'll need to let the server know what to do so you can respond to it.
  因为代码没有等待服务器，必须让服务器知道怎么做以便您能作出响应。
• Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
  不要指望你妈妈又感冒。
• I can't wait around here any longer.
  我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's wrong for you to just have to wait around for an answer.
  让你苦苦等候一个答覆是不对的。
• 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？