英语词汇“wait around”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wait around

regional note: in BRIT, also use wait about

phrasal verb B2

If you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives.

The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike. [VERB PARTICLE + for]

I waited around to speak to the doctor. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive]

...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport. [VERB PARTICLE]

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单词	wait around
释义	wait around regional note: in BRIT, also use wait about phrasal verb B2 If you wait around or wait about, you stay in the same place, usually doing very little, because you cannot act before something happens or before someone arrives. The attacker may have been waiting around for an opportunity to strike. [VERB PARTICLE + for] I waited around to speak to the doctor. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] ...the ghastly tedium of waiting about at the airport. [VERB PARTICLE] See full dictionary entry for wait
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