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

• 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。
• We won't arrive home until late, so don't wait up for us.
  我们很晚才能回家，所以不要熬夜等我们。
• Don't wait up for me-i've got my key.
  别等我来再睡觉&我有钥匙。
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• 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？
• 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。
• Didn't you wait up for her?
  你不曾等过她吗？
• 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。
• Remember the people infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis or co-infected with HIV who had to wait up to3 months for a reliable diagnosis.
  不要忘记那些耐药性结核病患者或同时感染有艾滋病毒的结核病患者，他们为了获得可靠的诊断，必须等待长达3个月时间。
• I'll be very late tonight, so don't wait up for me.
  今晚我要很晚才回来，所以不要为我等门了。