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.
戴爾可以有一個月的緩沖時間來給供應商結款，所以與此同時公司從客戶的付款那裡獲得了利潤。
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.
不要忘記那些耐葯性結核病患者或同時感染有艾滋病毒的結核病患者，他們爲了獲得可靠的診斷，必須等待長達3 個月時間。
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們也無法免受金融危機之苦。這些客戶在平時需要等6個月才能拿到該廠全手工制作的一輛汽車。

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.