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 waited around to speak to the doctor.
  我干等着跟医生说话。
• We can be strong and career-driven but we still have to wait around and hope a man asks us out in order to go on a date?
  我们可以坚强，可以发展自己的事业，但我们还必须左顾右盼，指望男生来约我们出去约会？
• 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。
• So what* You want us to wait around forever?
  那又如何，你想让我们就这么呆着？
• 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。
• 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。
• I can't wait around here any longer.
  我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。