wait on

英 [weɪt ɒn]

美 [weɪt ɑːn]

等待（某事发生）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 等待（某事发生）
  If youare waiting onsomething, you are waiting for it to happen, for example before you do or decide anything.
  1. Since then I've been waiting on events...
     自那以后，我就一直在观望事情的发展。
  2. We cannot wait on the government to make changes at its own pace.
     我们不可能等待政府按照它自己的步调作出改变。

英英释义

verb

• work for or be a servant to
  1. May I serve you?
  2. She attends the old lady in the wheelchair
  3. Can you wait on our table, please?
  4. Is a salesperson assisting you?
  5. The minister served the King for many years
  Synonym:serveattend toattendassist

双语例句

• There were plenty of servants to wait on her
  有很多仆人服侍她。
• Please wait on, will you? I'm just coming!
  请稍等片刻好吗？我就来！
• We can't wait on them forever.
  我们不能永远等他们。
• This servant will wait on your guests.
  这个服务员将为你的客人服务。
• We wait on your reply to our letter.
  我们等着你们的回信。
• They all wait on the king.
  他们都在侍奉国王。
• To wait on me like those plantations back home.
  有像家乡种植园一样的仆人伺候我。
• A: I want to marry a man who will wait on me hand and foot.
  我想嫁给一个能对我俯首帖耳的男人。
• She looked around for a salesman to wait on her.
  她环顾四周.找售货员接待她。
• Our commercial agent will wait on you next Monday.
  下周一我们的商务代表将拜访您。