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。
• There were plenty of servants to wait on her
  有很多仆人服侍她。
• Its have grape, blackberry, La Mei and plum to wait on behalf of the fruit.
  其代表水果有葡萄、黑莓、蓝莓和李子等。
• Since then I've been waiting on events
  自那以后，我就一直在观望事情的发展。
• To wait on me like those plantations back home.
  有像家乡种植园一样的仆人伺候我。
• They all wait on the king.
  他们都在侍奉国王。
• 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。
• Wait in the back or wait on the side.
  在后面等或者在边上等。
• 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。
• Please wait on, will you? I'm just coming!
  请稍等片刻好吗？我就来！