wait around
英 [weɪt əˈraʊnd]
美 [weɪt əˈraʊnd]
（长时间地）干等，空等
柯林斯词典
- 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.- 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。 - I waited around to speak to the doctor.
我干等着跟医生说话。 - ...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport.
在机场候机时的百无聊赖
- The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike...
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 wait about
双语例句
- Don't wait around for your manager to give it to you on her own.
不要空等着你的经理主动给你加薪。 - 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。 - And you must wait around for it until then.
你必须一直等到书完成为止。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - This story tells us: never wait around for chance occurrences, as hard work is always a better way of life.
这个故事告诉我们：不能坐等永远坐等机会自己出现，努力工作，始终才是更好的生活态度。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。