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 said that you shouldn't bother to wait up for her.
  她说你不必费心熬夜等她。
• '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。”
• Hey wait up, want some whisky with ice?
  嗨！等一下，要不要再来杯威士忌加冰？
• 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？
• 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。
• We won't arrive home until late, so don't wait up for us.
  我们很晚才能回家，所以不要熬夜等我们。
• Wait up. I've got something for you.
  等等，我有东西要给你。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Remember the people infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis or co-infected with HIV who had to wait up to3 months for a reliable diagnosis.
  不要忘记那些耐药性结核病患者或同时感染有艾滋病毒的结核病患者，他们为了获得可靠的诊断，必须等待长达3个月时间。