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

• This servant will wait on your guests.
  这个服务员将为你的客人服务。
• A: I want to marry a man who will wait on me hand and foot.
  我想嫁给一个能对我俯首帖耳的男人。
• The nouveau riche is hiring more people to wait on him and paying them more.
  这些暴发户们雇佣了更多的人来服侍他们，支付的工资也有所提高。
• Our commercial agent will wait on you next Monday.
  下周一我们的商务代表将拜访您。
• 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。
• Don't expect me to wait on your hand and foot, make your own breakfast.
  不要样样都指望我伺候你，你的早饭你自己做。
• He gained maturity from being on loan and we have to wait on and trust that.
  他从租借中获取了经验，我们必须等待并抱有信心。
• 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。
• 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。
• I will wait on the balcony.
  我在阳台上等。