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 can't wait around here any longer.
  我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。
• And you must wait around for it until then.
  你必须一直等到书完成为止。
• Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
  不要指望你妈妈又感冒。
• Will you please wait around for me?
  请在附近等我好吗？
• You may be right, but we're not gonna wait around to find out.
  或许你是对的，但我们不能这样等待下去。
• We encourage people not to wait around until they are seriously ill before coming to see us.
  我们鼓励人们不要等到病的不行了才来找我们。
• I couldn't afford to be picky if I preferred not to wait around for a couple hours after getting off work.
  如果下班后我能选择不用等上几个小时我是不会挑剔的。
• 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？
• Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you, any happiness you want to get, you have to make it yourself.
  不要总是等别人同你一起快乐，任何幸福都得自己来创造。
• I'm not going to wait around another year.
  我不会再等一年了。