to stay in a place and do nothing while you wait for someone to arrive or something to happen

干等着;无所事事地等

We spent the whole day waiting around for something exciting to happen, but nothing did.

我们干等了一整天，指望有什么激动人心的事发生，结果什么也没有。

I understand that you're trying to figure out what you want to do with your life, but I'm not just going to wait around until then!

我知道你在努力想清楚你这辈子想做什么，但我不会就这么干等着!