"hurry up and wait" in Chinese (Simplified)
Definition
这个短语描述了一种让你赶紧去做某事，结果却不得不等待，这种情况通常令人沮丧或低效。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常见于军队、公司或官僚环境。是非正式、带点幽默的表达，用来形容因为管理混乱或流程拖沓导致的无效赶忙和等待。不用于描述真正短暂的等待。
Examples
We hurry up and wait every morning at the busy train station.
我们每天早上在繁忙的火车站都要**急急忙忙后又等待**。
At the doctor's office, it's always hurry up and wait.
在医院等候时，总是**急急忙忙后又等待**。
The teacher told us to hurry up and wait before the field trip started.
老师让我们在郊游开始前**快点，然后又等着**。
It's such a pain when you hurry up and wait at airports—rush to your gate, then just sit there for an hour.
在机场**急急忙忙后又等**真的很烦——赶到登机口后又坐等一小时。
In the army, everything feels like hurry up and wait—move fast, then wait for orders.
在部队里，一切都像**急急忙忙后又等待**——动作要快，然后等命令。
My job is a lot of hurry up and wait—everything’s urgent, then nothing happens for hours.
我的工作经常是**急急忙忙又等待**——一切都很紧急，结果几个小时什么也不发生。