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

• We have to wait around for the lingerers to leave before we can close the museum.
  我们必须等逗留的人离开以后再关闭博物馆。
• 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。
• I waited around to speak to the doctor.
  我干等着跟医生说话。
• I can't wait around here any longer.
  我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
  不要指望你妈妈又感冒。