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

• I try to wait up, but today was just too much.
  我想熬夜等你的，可是我今天太累了。
• Don't wait up.
  不要熬夜等着。
• Wait up. I've got something for you.
  等等，我有东西要给你。
• She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
  她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
• Mama's gonna wait up until you get in.
  妈妈你想他们会喜欢这收歌吗？
• 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？
• I will probably come home after midnight, so don't bother to wait up.
  我可能午夜过后回家，别等着我。
• Do not wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
  不用等我，我要很晚才回家。
• 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？
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。