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

• 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”。
• Wait up, I shan't be tong.
  等我一下，不会很久。
• She said that you shouldn't bother to wait up for her.
  她说你不必费心熬夜等她。
• 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 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？
• 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。
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• Do not wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
  不用等我，我要很晚才回家。
• Hey, Zhao feng, wait up! I just got this new stamp from brussels.
  喂，赵锋，等等，我刚刚得到一张布鲁塞尔的邮票。
• Don't wait up for me-i've got my key.
  别等我来再睡觉&我有钥匙。