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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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？
• Will you please wait around for me?
  请在附近等我好吗？
• 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。
• We have to wait around for a search warrant?
  我们要留下等搜查令吗？
• 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。