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

• Wait on event occurrences with the select()( or a blocking read()) system call.
  使用select（）（或阻塞的read（））系统调用等待事件发生。
• Wait on, will you? I'm just coming!
  请等我一下，好吗？我马上就来！
• 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。
• Please wait on, will you? I'm just coming!
  请稍等片刻好吗？我就来！
• Now wait on orders, please repair fishing tools!
  现在等措施，请修理一下打捞工具！
• 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。
• They all wait on the king.
  他们都在侍奉国王。
• So you'd come back to work and wait on me.
  好让你回去工作接待我。
• Mrs. Collins gave me leave to wait on you.
  柯林斯太太让我在这儿等你。
• He liked having servants to wait on him.
  他喜欢有仆人侍候他。