queue up

英 [kjuː ʌp]

美 [kjuː ʌp]

排队（等候）; （为得到某机会而）排队，排队等候

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (为得到某机会而)排队，排队等候
  If you say that peopleare queuing up todo or have something, you mean that a lot of them want the opportunity to do it or have it.
  1. People are queueing up to work for me!...
     想为我效力的人可是排着长队呢！
  2. There are a growing number of countries queueing up for membership.
     越来越多的国家争相成为其中的一员。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 line up


• See also:queue

英英释义

verb

• form a queue, form a line, stand in line
  1. Customers lined up in front of the store
  Synonym:line upqueue

双语例句

• Yet institutional and sometimes private investors queue up to back them, desperate for exposure to the latest fashion.
  但热切盼望参与最新时尚投资的机构投资者以及一些私人投资者，却争相为他们提供支持。
• They queue up just to speak to me. This is a clear case of discrimination ( against foreign imports).
  她们排好队只不过是来对我加以申斥。这显然是（对进口货的）排斥。
• Please queue up and stand clear of the platform screen door.
  请按箭头排队候车，勿依靠屏蔽门。
• Freshmen, eager to get home for the Chinese New Year, queue up at the railway station for hours.
  怀着盼望回家过年的心情，大一新生们在火车站排了几个小时队来买票。
• If you want to see the film, you will have to queue up for ticket.
  如果你想去看电影，你只好排队买票。
• Some students may not queue up before they go downstairs.
  一些学生会往楼下跑。
• We had to queue up before dawn when there were still stars in the sky. A long queue formed before the mill's gate opened.
  每天天不亮戴着星星去排队，工厂没开大门就排上老长的队了。
• People are queueing up to work for me!
  想为我效力的人可是排着长队呢！
• There are a growing number of countries queueing up for membership.
  越来越多的国家争相成为其中的一员。
• They queue up just to speak to me.
  她们排好队只不过是来对我加以申斥。