wait for和wait on的区别

wait for和wait on的区别

wait for一般说等人,或者等机会，等条件之类 ，
wait on后面接的名词一般不是表示人的名词，而是表示“决定”之类的名词或者有关的事物的名词。

如： What are you waiting for? Just go and tell her you want to date her.你还在等什么？你就去告诉她你想约会她吧。
Who are you waiting for? I saw you keep looking at your watch.你在等谁呀？我看见你一直在看手表。
I will be waiting for you. 我会一直等候着你。 wait for 后面不接人的话可以直接接时间表示等多久。
I have been waiting for a whole year.我已经等了整整一年了。（用这个现在完成进行时态表示等到现在还没有等到结果。如果说have waited for a whole year就是有“等了一年终于等到”的含义。）

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你好！
这二者作等待意思时有相似之处，但也有各自不同的用法和含义。举例如下，请自己体会。
wait for
1. To wait until the specified event occurs.
Wait for the light to change before you cross the street.
What are you waiting for?
2. To await the arrival of something or somebody.
I'm waiting for my brother.
I'm waiting for the train.
wait on
1. (colloquial) To wait for an event.
I'm waiting on the light to change.
2. To wait for a person to do something.
I'm waiting on you before we can leave.
3. To serve someone.
Is someone waiting on you yet?
4. Used other than as an idiom.
The airplane had to wait on the runway for a few minutes before it could take off.