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

• Didn't you wait up for her?
  你不曾等过她吗？
• 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。
• The FSA said the UBS traders took advantage of rules that allowed the international desk to wait up to 24 hours before specifying which account number they were trading for.
  fsa表示，瑞银交易员利用了这样一条规定，即允许国际部门在指明自己交易的账号方面，可等上至多24小时。
• She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
  她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
• That's'cause our school's broke, hey, yo, wait up.
  因为我们学校坏了，你等等。
• 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。
• Do not wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
  不用等我，我要很晚才回家。
• Hey! June, wait up. I need to talk toyou.
  嗨，琼，等等，我要和你谈谈。
• 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。