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

• Hey wait up, want some whisky with ice?
  嗨！等一下，要不要再来杯威士忌加冰？
• In China, would-be drivers can wait up to a year for a license and pay double the$ 420 that one costs in South Korea.
  在中国学车，可能要等上一年才能拿到驾照，而且花费是在韩国所需的每人420美元的两倍。
• She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
  她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
• 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。
• Wait up. I've got something for you.
  等等，我有东西要给你。
• Hey! June, wait up. I need to talk toyou.
  嗨，琼，等等，我要和你谈谈。
• Wait up, I shan't be tong.
  等我一下，不会很久。
• 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。
• The FSA said the UBS traders took advantage of rules that allowed the international desk to wait up to 24 hours before specifying which account number they were trading for.
  fsa表示，瑞银交易员利用了这样一条规定，即允许国际部门在指明自己交易的账号方面，可等上至多24小时。
• Kenneth told his wife not to wait up for him since he wouldn't be home until quite late.
  肯尼士要他太太刚等他，因为他很晚才会回来。