wait on

英 [weɪt ɒn]

美 [weɪt ɑːn]

等待（某事发生）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 等待（某事发生）
  If youare waiting onsomething, you are waiting for it to happen, for example before you do or decide anything.
  1. Since then I've been waiting on events...
     自那以后，我就一直在观望事情的发展。
  2. We cannot wait on the government to make changes at its own pace.
     我们不可能等待政府按照它自己的步调作出改变。

英英释义

verb

• work for or be a servant to
  1. May I serve you?
  2. She attends the old lady in the wheelchair
  3. Can you wait on our table, please?
  4. Is a salesperson assisting you?
  5. The minister served the King for many years
  Synonym:serveattend toattendassist

双语例句

• She looked around for a salesman to wait on her.
  她环顾四周.找售货员接待她。
• In Linux, there is no way to do a timed wait on a waitpid() call.
  在Linux中，使用waitpid（）调用无法等待限定的时间。
• I don't fetch or carry for you, or wait on you personally.
  我没有给你拿这拿那，或者单独伺候过你。
• Make your own tea. I don't see why I should wait on you hand and foot.
  你自己沏茶。我不明白为什么我该样样伺候你。
• I will wait on the balcony.
  我在阳台上等。
• We wait on your reply to our letter.
  我们等着你们的回信。
• Our commercial agent will wait on you next Monday.
  下周一我们的商务代表将拜访您。
• Now wait on orders, please repair fishing tools!
  现在等措施，请修理一下打捞工具！
• So you'd come back to work and wait on me.
  好让你回去工作接待我。
• Wait in the back or wait on the side.
  在后面等或者在边上等。