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 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。
• I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him
  我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• Wait up. I've got something for you.
  等等，我有东西要给你。
• Hadn't we better wait up for the slower ones?
  我们停下来等等走得慢的人不好吗？
• She said that you shouldn't bother to wait up for her.
  她说你不必费心熬夜等她。
• 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。
• 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？
• Do not wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
  不用等我，我要很晚才回家。
• 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。