wait in

英 [weɪt ɪn]

美 [weɪt ɪn]

在家等候

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 在家等候
  If youwait in, you deliberately stay at home and do not go out, for example because someone is coming to see you.
  1. If I'd waited in for you I could have waited all day...
     要是我真留在家等你，那早都等上一整天了。
  2. There's no need to wait in all day.
     没必要一整天在家等着。

双语例句

• We like to go to the movies, but we hate to wait in line for tickets.
  我们喜欢去看电影，但是我们讨厌排队买票。
• The cafeteria is short-handed so we'll have to wait in line.
  自助餐厅人手不够，所以我们不得不排队等候。
• She would have to wait in the truck, fanning herself with a piece of cardboard
  她只得在卡车里等着，用一块纸板给自己扇风。
• He said I should wait in his office.
  他叫我在他办公室里等着。
• We athletes had to wait in the green room before the show began.
  我们运动员在一个绿色的房间里面等着节目的开始。
• There's no need to wait in all day.
  没必要一整天在家等着。
• I thought it was hopeless to wait in the line because the line of people was endless.
  我原以为排队是没有希望了，因为排队的人海了。
• Again I had to wait in the waiting room.
  又一次在候诊室等待；
• I need to wait in his room.
  我想在他的房间里等他。
• If I'd waited in for you I could have waited all day
  要是我真留在家等你，那早都等上一整天了。