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 can be strong and career-driven but we still have to wait around and hope a man asks us out in order to go on a date?
  我们可以坚强，可以发展自己的事业，但我们还必须左顾右盼，指望男生来约我们出去约会？
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
  不要指望你妈妈又感冒。
• 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。
• 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。
• I waited around to speak to the doctor.
  我干等着跟医生说话。
• 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。
• 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。
• So what* You want us to wait around forever?
  那又如何，你想让我们就这么呆着？