1. 停留原地，不做任何事情：
– She put the food in the microwave and waited.
她把食物放进微波炉里，然后等待。
– The postman rang the bell, and then he waited.
邮递员按了门铃，然后他等候。
– Wait in this room, the boss will come in five minutes.
在这个房间等待，老板会在五分钟内过来。
2. 推迟做某事直到有人/某事到来或某事发生：
– Wait until the light turns green.
等待灯变绿。
– We have to wait with this work; it’s raining too hard.
我们必须等待这项工作；雨下得太大了。
Wait (for) a certain period of time:
等待（等候）一段时间：
– They’ve been waiting (for) two hours.
他们已经等待了两个小时。
Wait for somebody/something:
等待某人/某事：
– We’ll be waiting for you at the station.
我们会在车站等候你。
– How long have you been waiting for the manager?
你等经理等了多久？
Wait (for somebody/something) to do something:
等待某人/某事做某事：
– We’re waiting for the rain to stop before we go out.
我们正在等雨停了再出去。
– Hurry up! We‘re waiting to go.
快点！我们正在等待出发。
Wait in – stay at home (in the office, etc.), because you are expecting somebody to come, telephone, etc.:
等候在家（办公室等地），因为你期待有人来电、来访等：
– We waited in all the afternoon but the guests didn’t arrive.
我们整个下午都在等候，但客人没到。
– Shall I wait in after work if the decorators can’t finish in time?
如果装修工人不能按时完成，下班后我要在家等候吗？
Wait on something/somebody (informal, especially American English) – wait for something to happen before you do or decide something:
等待某事/某人（非正式，尤其是美式英语）
– I’m waiting on the result of a blood test.
我正在等候血液检查结果。
– Wait on the final exams before you start looking for a job.
在你开始找工作之前等待期末考试的结果。
Wait on somebody – serve somebody, act as a servant to somebody, especially by serving food to them:
为某人提供服务，尤其是通过为他们提供食物来充当仆人：
– She waited on customers all day at the department store.
她整天在百货公司为顾客提供服务。
– Help yourself, I’m too tired to wait on you.
请随便取用，我太累了，无法为你提供服务。
– My husband just sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him.
我丈夫就坐在电视机前，期待我为他服务。
