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

• Users can keep entering information and the application isn't going to wait on the server.
  用户可以继续输入信息，应用程序不会等待服务器。
• Wait on event occurrences with the select()( or a blocking read()) system call.
  使用select（）（或阻塞的read（））系统调用等待事件发生。
• To wait on me like those plantations back home.
  有像家乡种植园一样的仆人伺候我。
• Wait on, will you? I'm just coming!
  请等我一下，好吗？我马上就来！
• So you'd come back to work and wait on me.
  好让你回去工作接待我。
• In Linux, there is no way to do a timed wait on a waitpid() call.
  在Linux中，使用waitpid（）调用无法等待限定的时间。
• Now wait on orders, please repair fishing tools!
  现在等措施，请修理一下打捞工具！
• I will wait on the balcony.
  我在阳台上等。
• Make your own tea. I don't see why I should wait on you hand and foot.
  你自己沏茶。我不明白为什么我该样样伺候你。
• Don't expect me to wait on your hand and foot, make your own breakfast.
  不要样样都指望我伺候你，你的早饭你自己做。