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

• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• I will probably come home after midnight, so don't bother to wait up.
  我可能午夜过后回家，别等着我。
• Wait up, I shan't be tong.
  等我一下，不会很久。
• Kenneth told his wife not to wait up for him since he wouldn't be home until quite late.
  肯尼士要他太太刚等他，因为他很晚才会回来。
• Mama's gonna wait up until you get in.
  妈妈你想他们会喜欢这收歌吗？
• I try to wait up, but today was just too much.
  我想熬夜等你的，可是我今天太累了。
• 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？
• She told her parents not to wait up for her. She might stay with her aunt.
  她告诉她爸妈，不要等着她不睡，她可能在姨家过夜。
• 'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.'
  “快点啦，格雷丝，”他催促道，“别等了。快点。”
• 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”。