sit/sɪt/ (sat, sat; sitting)

vi

1. 坐，就座

• sit on a chair 坐在椅子上

• sit in an armchair 坐在安乐椅中

• sit at the back of the theatre 坐在剧院的后面一排

2. 坐落；被安放；处于某位置

• A cabin sits in the valley. 小木屋坐落在山谷中。

3. 搁置；搁置不用

• They let our project sit. 他们把我们的计划搁置起来。

• I don't want to sit there, chatting all day. 我不希望整天就这么闲着聊天。

4. (在官方机构中)占有一席之地；担任公职

• The man sits in several committees. 那个人担任好几个委员会的委员。

5. (议会等)开会；(法院等)开庭

• The council sits once a week. 委员会一周开会一次。

• The court will sit until new evidence is found. 等有了新的证据，法庭会再次开庭。

6. (动物或鸟等尾巴着地)蹲坐；停落

• A bird was sitting on his shoulder. 一只鸟儿落在他的肩头。

7. (母鸡等)孵卵

• A hen was sitting. 一只母鸡在孵蛋。

8. 摆好姿势以供拍照(或画像)

• I once sat for a famous painter's portrait. 我曾经被一位著名的画家画像。

9. 代人临时照顾小孩，当临时保姆

10. 主英 参加考试

• He sat for university entrance this year. 他今年参加了大学入学考试。

• sit for an examination 参加考试

11. (衣服)合身，适合

• The dress sits well on her. 她这条裙子很合身。

vt

1. 使坐，使就座

• The doctor sat the patient in the chair. 医生让病人在椅子上坐下。

2. 主英 参加(考试)

• sit an exam 参加考试

3. 代人照看小孩

4. (鸡等)孵卵

词组be sitting pretty 处境幸运(尤指他人不幸时)

• With salary up by 50%, I am sitting pretty. 薪水加了一半，我的运气不错。

sit about(或around) 无所事事

• Don't just sit about like that. Do something. 不要就那么无所事事，找一点事情做。

sit back

1. 向后靠着坐

• sit back in a sofa 靠坐在沙发上

2. 口 在一旁闲着，观望

• He always sat back and made others work. 他总是在一旁闲着，让别人干活。

3. 位于与…有一定距离处

• Their house sits back in the alley. 他们家在胡同的里端。

sit by

1. 坐在…旁边；守护照顾

• The mother sat by her sick son all night. 母亲整夜守在生病的儿子身旁。

2. 坐视，无动于衷

• When an emergency happens, we shouldn't sit by. 当紧急情况发生时，我们不应该袖手旁观。

sit down

1. （使）坐下

2. (军队)驻扎；围攻

• The enemy sat down the entrance to the city. 敌人占据了入城的要道。

3. 停手不干

• The workers sat down and refused to go back for work. 工人们静坐示威，拒绝复工。

sit down on 口 反对

• They all sat down on this proposal. 他们都反对这个建议。

sit down to 坐下（开始做某事）

• sit down to one's dinner 坐下吃晚饭

• After lunch we sat down to work. 午饭后我们开始工作。

sit down under 口 忍受；容忍

• sit down under the reality 默默接受现实

sit in judgement on (或over) 评论（某人）

• How dare they sit in judgement on him? 他们怎么敢对他妄加评论？

sit in

1. 主英 代看小孩

• I'll sit in for them when they go out. 他们出去的时候，我会代他们照料孩子。

2. 参加静坐示威

• A lot of workers were sitting in at the square. 许多工人在广场上静坐示威。

3. 参加乐队的演奏，客串

• After work he often went to the club and sat in with the band. 下班之后，他常常到夜总会客串演奏。

sit in on 旁听，列席

• The judge was invited to sit in on the hearing. 法官被邀请列席了听证会。

sit on (或upon)

1. 坐在…上

2. 口 拖延；不提供

• They had sat on my complaint for a long time. 他们把我的意见压了很长时间。

3. 讨论，审理

• The lawyer was sitting on this case. 律师正在讨论这个案子。

4. 成为…的成员

• The man sits on the Senate committee. 那个人是这个参议院委员会的成员。

5. 口 管教；压制

• He was always sat on by his sister. 他总是受姐姐的管教。

6. 观察；跟踪

• The detective was hired to sit on that woman. 侦探受雇跟踪监视那个女人。

sit out

1. 坐在室外

• The garden is so lovely. I think I'll sit out. 花园太美了，我想我还是坐在室外吧。

2. 坐着挨到…结束；耐着性子看完(或听完)

• I sat out a terrible concert last night. 昨晚我耐着性子听完了一场糟糕的音乐会。

3. 坐在一旁不参加

• sit out a dance 坐在一旁不参加跳舞

4. 逗留得比…久

• She often sits the others out. 她常常比其他人晚一些才离开。

sit over

1. 坐过去一点

2. 【牌】 坐在…的上手

3. 坐着慢慢捱过

• We sat over our drinks in the pub. 我们在酒吧里慢慢喝着饮料。

sit through 坐着挨到(不愉快的事)结束；耐着性子看完

• We sat through the long meeting. 我们耐着性子开完了冗长的会议。

sit tight

1. 留在原处

• All the other students left, but he still sat tight. 其他学生都离开了，只有他还留在原地不动。

2. 坚持不动摇

• They threatened us, but we all sat tight. 他们试图威胁我们，但是我们并不理会。

sit under

1. 【牌】 坐在…的下手

2. 听…讲授

• I had the honour to sit under a famous professor. 我有幸听到著名教授的讲课。

sit up

1. 端坐；坐正

• Sit up! Don't lean over the desk! 坐直喽!不要趴在桌子上!

2. 熬夜，不睡觉

• I sat up for a whole night. 我彻夜未眠。

sit up (and take notice) 口 对…感到诧异；对…刮目相看

• When we were told the news, we really sat up. 听到这个消息时，我们真的大吃一惊。

sit with

1. 帮助照料

2. 接受；赞同

• They seemed to sit with this plan. 看起来他们是赞同这个计划的。