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。
• We have to wait around for a search warrant?
  我们要留下等搜查令吗？
• I can't wait around here any longer.
  我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。
• It was very interesting but the actors had to wait around a lot.
  拍摄很有趣，但是有很多演员在周围等着拍摄。
• Will you please wait around for me?
  请在附近等我好吗？
• You can wait around to be offered the perfect job or you can go out there and create it for yourself.
  你可以等待完美工作自己送上门来，或者主动出击为自己创造这样的机会。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even better, the request is sent asynchronously, which means that your JavaScript code ( and the user) doesn't wait around on the server to respond.
  更好的是，请求是异步发送的，就是说JavaScript代码（和用户）不用等待服务器的响应。
• 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。