what are we waiting for

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （建议都应开始去做商议中的事）我们还在等什么呢

   used to suggest that you should all start doing what you have been discussing

   What are we waiting for? Let's do it.

电影里这样说 · 9 部

• - Come on! What are we waiting for? - Okay, I'm ready.12 Angry Men1957
• Hey, come on! What are we waiting for? Open up, will you?The Apartment1960
• What are we waiting for? Let's do it.The Fly1986
• What are we waiting for?Prison Break: The Final Break2009
• What are we waiting forBlack Adam2022
• What are we waiting for?The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• What are we waiting for?The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• What are we waiting for?The Fall Guy2024

在完整场景里学

• 十二怒汉1957
  • 陪审员刚进门：open-and-shut case（一目了然的案子）
  • 首轮投票十一比一：kick someone around（受尽欺负）
  • 陪审团围桌轮流发言：burden of proof（举证责任）
• 桃色公寓1960
  • 打电话帮上司换公寓：throw a monkey wrench（打乱计划）
  • 上司拿票换钥匙：out of hand（失控）
  • 散场后大厅聊到档案：go to waste（白白浪费掉）

同一词条的短语

• an accident disaster waiting to happen
• I, they, can't wait hardly wait
• keep waiting
• wait and see
• wait at table
• wait for it
• wait a minute
• wait on hand and foot
• wait tables
• wait till
• what are you waiting for
• you wait

习语频道里接下来

• see coming
• a breath of fresh air
• make love
• be barking up the wrong tree
• be for a good cause
• bring to life
• carry too far
• get off the ground
• have a thing about
• no thanks to
• work like a charm
• have a fit