wait up

英 [weɪt ʌp]

美 [weɪt ʌp]

等着不睡; 熬夜等待; （尤指）等待夜归的人; 走慢点; 等一等

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 等着不睡;熬夜等待；（尤指）等待夜归的人
  If youwait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night.
  1. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him...
     我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
  2. Don't wait up.
     不要熬夜等着。
• PHRASAL VERB 走慢点;等一等
  If you ask someone towait up, you are asking them to go more slowly or to stop and wait for you.
  1. I was running down the hill shouting, 'Michael, Michael, man, wait up'.
     我边往山下跑边喊：“迈克尔，迈克尔，嘿，等等我。”

双语例句

• 'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.'
  “快点啦，格雷丝，”他催促道，“别等了。快点。”
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• That's'cause our school's broke, hey, yo, wait up.
  因为我们学校坏了，你等等。
• I try to wait up, but today was just too much.
  我想熬夜等你的，可是我今天太累了。
• A group called the National Foundation for American Policy says a highly skilled Indian worker could have to wait up to seventy years.
  一个被称为美国政策国家基金会的组织称，一名高熟练度的印度工人可能需要等待长达70年之久。
• Hey, Zhao feng, wait up! I just got this new stamp from brussels.
  喂，赵锋，等等，我刚刚得到一张布鲁塞尔的邮票。
• I'll be very late tonight, so don't wait up for me.
  今晚我要很晚才回来，所以不要为我等门了。
• She said that you shouldn't bother to wait up for her.
  她说你不必费心熬夜等她。
• There's not much difference. I used to wait up half the night for George to go, and now I wait up half the night for him to come home.
  “没有太大的区别，过去我总是熬到半夜等乔治离开，现在我总要熬到半夜等他回家”。
• Do not wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
  不用等我，我要很晚才回家。