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 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。
• 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？
• Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
  不要指望你妈妈又感冒。
• 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。
• If you don't like what's there now, wait around, it might change to something new in a couple days.
  如果你不喜欢它现在的样子，静静的等待，或者几天之后又会变成一个新的样子。
• 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。
• Show the visitor in as soon as he arrives. Don't make him wait around in the corridor.
  客人一到就让他进来，不要让他在走廊等着。
• Success never comes to look for you while you wait around.
  如果消极等待，成功是永远不会来找你的。
• 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。
• 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。