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To stay somewhere doing nothing, just waiting — and the word carries a little : the waiting feels like wasted time. 'I waited around for two hours and he never came.' British speakers also say 'wait about'. No object.
乾等、耗著等
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wait aroundverb
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To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and often without a satisfactory outcome.
- Looks as if we were all sold out. But if you'll wait around till the old man comes along maybe he can put his hand on it.
- "A terrible organization!" said Nikita Khrushchev, all but shuddering at the memory. "If you could see how the delegates behave! […]. They do not participate in work, but just sit there and wait around in case there's any voting."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。