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

• Our commercial agent will wait on you next Monday.
  下周一我们的商务代表将拜访您。
• This servant will wait on your guests.
  这个服务员将为你的客人服务。
• There were plenty of servants to wait on her
  有很多仆人服侍她。
• 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。
• Mrs. Collins gave me leave to wait on you.
  柯林斯太太让我在这儿等你。
• A: I want to marry a man who will wait on me hand and foot.
  我想嫁给一个能对我俯首帖耳的男人。
• 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。
• She looked around for a salesman to wait on her.
  她环顾四周.找售货员接待她。
• So you'd come back to work and wait on me.
  好让你回去工作接待我。
• Wait in the back or wait on the side.
  在后面等或者在边上等。