【句子】Phil, wait up. Let me ask you something, man to man. 【Modern Family S3E1】
【发音】/fɪl/ /weɪt/ /ʌp/ /let/ /miː/ /ɑːsk/ /æsk/ /juː/ /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/ /mæn/ /tʊ/ /mæn/
【发音技巧】wait up连读+闪音；let me不完全爆破；
【翻译】Phil，等一会儿。我问你点事儿，男人和男人之间的对话。
【适用场合】
wait up什么意思呢？
其实挺简单。
1. 在今天视频中，wait up就相当于wait；
经常使用祈使语气；
意思是：“停下！等等！”
Stop or slow down so I can catch up with you.
或者
to wait for sb. or sth. to catch up
停下等某个人/某物追赶上进度

eg: Hey, wait up, guys! I'm coming too!
嘿，等等啊，大家伙！我也要去！

eg: Tell them not to wait up—I need to change this tire, so it'll be a while.
告诉他们别等了！我得换个轮胎，所以还得一会儿呢！

eg: John: Hey, Sally! Wait up!
Sally: What's happening?
John：嘿，Sally！等等呀！
Sally：咋了？什么事儿？

eg: Hey! Don’t go so fast. Wait up for me.
嘿别走这么快啊，等等我。
这个时候其实就相当于wait for me

2. wait up的第二层含义：
因为等某个人，或者等待某件事情的发生而晚睡觉
to delay going to bed until a certain time or until something happens or someone arrives
eg: Are you going to wait up until midnight?
你打算一直不睡，等到半夜吗？

eg: We waited up until we heard him come in the back door.
我们一直等到听到他从后门进来，才去睡觉。

eg: I'll be home late. Don't wait up for me.
我会晚点回家，别等我了。

eg: We waited up for the coming of the new year.
我们一直没睡，等待着新年的到来。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
My parents always wait up until I get home, no matter how late it is.