wait up

基本解釋

Dell can wait up to a month before paying its suppliers, so the company earns interest on customer payments in the meantime.
戴爾可以有一個(gè)月的緩沖時(shí)間來(lái)給供應(yīng)商結(jié)款，所以與此同時(shí)公司從客戶(hù)的付款那里獲得了利潤(rùn)。
Remember the people infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis or co-infected with HIV who had to wait up to 3 months for a reliable diagnosis.
不要忘記那些耐藥性結(jié)核病患者或同時(shí)感染有艾滋病毒的結(jié)核病患者，他們?yōu)榱双@得可靠的診斷，必須等待長(zhǎng)達(dá)3 個(gè)月時(shí)間。
But even Rolls-Royce and its wealthy customers—who in normal times wait up to six months for one of its handmade vehicles—are not immune to the financial crisis.
然而即使是羅爾斯-羅伊斯和它富有的客戶(hù)們也無(wú)法免受金融危機(jī)之苦。這些客戶(hù)在平時(shí)需要等6個(gè)月才能拿到該廠(chǎng)全手工制作的一輛汽車(chē)。

And so the man took the box, and put up his forty dollars and sat down to wait.
"Wait up you guys! I gotta fix it!
你們等我一下！，我能修好它！
哈佛公開(kāi)課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選
" They say "wait up! Hey wait up!"
他們說(shuō)“等我一下！，等我一下“
哈佛公開(kāi)課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選

Some dealers are even charging 20% premiums over MSRP or forcing customers to wait up to 18 months.
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If you wait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night.