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

  1. PHRASAL VERB (长时间地)干等，空等
    If you wait around or wait 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
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双语例句

  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. If no message exists, the operation does not wait around for one; it simply prepares another Refresh Response with a new refresh interval period and returns that back to the caller.
    如果符合条件的消息不存在，操作并不会等待消息的出现。它只是简单地用一个新的刷新间隔周期来组装一个刷新响应并将它返回给调用者。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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？
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. And you must wait around for it until then.
    你必须一直等到书完成为止。
  11. 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？
  12. 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。
  13. 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？
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. Don't wait around hoping for mom to get another sniffle.
    不要指望你妈妈又感冒。
  18. 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。
  19. Will you please wait around for me?
    请在附近等我好吗？
  20. 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。
  21. 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。
  22. This story tells us: never wait around for chance occurrences, as hard work is always a better way of life.
    这个故事告诉我们：不能坐等永远坐等机会自己出现，努力工作，始终才是更好的生活态度。
  23. 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。
  24. So what* You want us to wait around forever?
    那又如何，你想让我们就这么呆着？
  25. 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。
  26. I can't wait around here any longer.
    我不能再在这徘徊等下去了。
  27. I'm not going to wait around another year.
    我不会再等一年了。
  28. We have to wait around for a search warrant?
    我们要留下等搜查令吗？
  29. You say his expecting me to drive him to see the meeting and wait around till he's finished? I'll see him damned first.
    你是说他想让我开车送他去开会并等到他把会开完了吗？让他见鬼去吧。
  30. 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。
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