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

• We'll have to wait on line for40 minutes.
  我们还需要等40分钟才能开打。
• Wait in the back or wait on the side.
  在后面等或者在边上等。
• He liked having servants to wait on him.
  他喜欢有仆人侍候他。
• 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。
• There were plenty of servants to wait on her
  有很多仆人服侍她。
• 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。
• We can't wait on them forever.
  我们不能永远等他们。
• 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。