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

• He liked having servants to wait on him.
  他喜欢有仆人侍候他。
• 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。
• Users can keep entering information and the application isn't going to wait on the server.
  用户可以继续输入信息，应用程序不会等待服务器。
• We can't wait on them forever.
  我们不能永远等他们。
• 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。
• We'll have to wait on line for40 minutes.
  我们还需要等40分钟才能开打。
• Our commercial agent will wait on you next Monday.
  下周一我们的商务代表将拜访您。
• 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。
• Since then I've been waiting on events
  自那以后，我就一直在观望事情的发展。
• I will wait on the balcony.
  我在阳台上等。