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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So what* You want us to wait around forever?
  那又如何，你想让我们就这么呆着？
• I'm not going to wait around another year.
  我不会再等一年了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have to wait around for a search warrant?
  我们要留下等搜查令吗？
• 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。