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

• She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
  她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• 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。
• In this situation, experts and officials should be sympathetic to the ordinary people do not wait any longer, or if it is given to those holding high property prices, even Wujin wait "up" developers?
  在此局面下，专家、官员们应该把同情给予除了观望再也无计可施的老百姓呢，还是给予那些为了守住高房价而不惜捂紧楼盘等待“回暖”的开发商呢？
• Hey! June, wait up. I need to talk toyou.
  嗨，琼，等等，我要和你谈谈。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hadn't we better wait up for the slower ones?
  我们停下来等等走得慢的人不好吗？
• She told her parents not to wait up for her. She might stay with her aunt.
  她告诉她爸妈，不要等着她不睡，她可能在姨家过夜。