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

• 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。
• They all wait on the king.
  他们都在侍奉国王。
• There were plenty of servants to wait on her
  有很多仆人服侍她。
• We can't wait on them forever.
  我们不能永远等他们。
• This servant will wait on your guests.
  这个服务员将为你的客人服务。
• Our commercial agent will wait on you next Monday.
  下周一我们的商务代表将拜访您。
• The nouveau riche is hiring more people to wait on him and paying them more.
  这些暴发户们雇佣了更多的人来服侍他们，支付的工资也有所提高。
• 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！
• He liked having servants to wait on him.
  他喜欢有仆人侍候他。