单词wait up
v.: 不睡而等候
网络: 等等；停下来等候；等候着不睡
不睡而等候
Builders sometimes have to wait up to two years from the submission of an application until permission is granted.
从上交建筑资格申请表到被批准，有时建筑商不得不等年时间。
Ms. Wolfe will have to wait up to a year to get on Buffett"s lunch schedule, so isn"t yet sure exactly what she"ll ask him.
沃尔夫将不得不等待最多一年的时间，确定与巴菲特的午餐时间，所以她还不确定自己到时候会问巴菲特什么问题。
Dell can wait up to a month before paying its suppliers, so the company earns interest on customer payments in the meantime.
戴尔可以有一个月的缓冲时间来给供应商结款，所以与此同时公司从客户的付款那里获得了利润。
Wait up To postpone going to bed in anticipation of something or someone.
熬夜等候为等待某事或某人而推迟睡觉。
If you make it to the last interview, you may have to wait up to two weeks before the company decides if they want to hire you or not.
如果你坚持到了最后，也得等上两周的时间看公司是否决定雇佣你。
There"s not much difference. I used to wait up half the night for George to go, and now I wait up half the night for him to come home.
“没有太大的区别，过去我总是熬到半夜等乔治离开，现在我总要熬到半夜等他回家”。
She had told her maid not to wait up for her.
她告诉过女仆不要熬夜等她。
Kenneth told his wife not to wait up for him since he wouldn"t be home until quite late.
肯尼士要他太太刚等他，因为他很晚才会回来。
I shall be home very late tonight , so don"t wait up(for me).
我今天晚上很晚才回家，不必熬夜等我。
Don"t wait up for me: I shall be coming home very late.
不用等我，我要很晚才回家。