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

• To wait on me like those plantations back home.
  有像家乡种植园一样的仆人伺候我。
• 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 can't wait on them forever.
  我们不能永远等他们。
• Make your own tea. I don't see why I should wait on you hand and foot.
  你自己沏茶。我不明白为什么我该样样伺候你。
• There were plenty of servants to wait on her
  有很多仆人服侍她。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wait on, will you? I'm just coming!
  请等我一下，好吗？我马上就来！
• We wait on your reply to our letter.
  我们等着你们的回信。
• 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。