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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 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 for other people to be happy for you, any happiness you want to get, you have to make it yourself.
  不要总是等别人同你一起快乐，任何幸福都得自己来创造。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。