Definition of sit in English:

sit

verbsits, sat, sittingsɪtsɪt

1no object Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.
坐；坐下
you'd better sit down
你最好坐下。
I sat next to him at dinner
在宴席上，我坐在他旁边。
Example sentencesExamples
- People who need to use a chair for meditation should sit upright with their feet touching the ground.
- The design encourages children to sit upright rather than slumped.
- For a start you're sitting over a foot higher than your neighbour in the regular car.
- Janine needed to sit down after taking everything in, so she grabbed a chair and sat next to him.
- A soldier sitting at the foot of the bridge pushed himself upright and picked up his musket.
- When you are sitting straight with your feet flat on the floor your arms should be at a 90-degree angle when typing on the computer.
- Eventually she drifts off to sleep and then I can usually sit down, but only by keeping her lying on my chest while I sit there trying not to make any sudden moves.
- He only shook his head, looking rather pathetic as he sat at the kitchen table.
- Many make the pilgrimage to sit worshipfully at his feet.
- The patient used her arms while sitting to support the weight of the trunk in order to avoid pressure on the sacrum.
- She needs special chairs to support her back as she slowly learns to sit upright, as well as sensory equipment and a walker to help her develop.
- Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder.
- He sits rather still on his couch, rarely gestures, and speaks in a relaxed yet expressive tone.
- And everyone who gives is also becoming active in our support, rather than sitting at home frustrated at the media coverage.
- Leo helped me to sit upright on the floor while supporting my back with his elbow.
- Travelling north to Edinburgh last weekend, I got talking to the rather mumsy woman sitting next to me.
- As the man entered through the windows, she changed her position and sat upright on the bed.
- If he is not actually working, he would vastly prefer to putter outside or in a shed rather than to sit about getting under her feet.
- Make sure you have good back and foot support when you sit.
- A lady sitting at a desk wore an expression that told her to sit down and bide her time, so that was what she did.
Synonyms
take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair
perch, install oneself, ensconce oneself, plant oneself, plump oneself, flop, collapse, sink down, flump
informal take the load/weight off one's feet, park oneself, plonk oneself
British informal take a pew
1. 1.1with object Cause (someone) to sit.
  I sat the baby on my lap
  Example sentencesExamples
  But as she sat herself down comfortably, she positioned herself facing the campfire.
  Maybe tomorrow I'll sit myself down and make myself write or perhaps I'll go for a walk with my camera and see if I can find anything.
  She sat the baby on the soft comforter that covered her legs and adjusted herself.
  Ushering us into the dining room, Grandma sat us at the table with Grandpa and herself.
  If you're doing nothing towards the goal, you need to sit yourself down and figure out why you're sabotaging your own efforts.
  Sit your baby on your lap and show him chunky board books that he can safely put in his mouth.
  Once the brook was in sight, Audrey and Isabella both found large boulders on the bank to sit themselves down on.
  Now, sit yourself down and tell us all about your struggles.
  Native mothers never sat their babies down long enough to need these items.
  It is evening and Arthur and Rose sit themselves down at the kitchen table secure in the knowledge that Guy is upstairs with Rikki.
  Having been in the same position for who knows how long, I struggled to sit myself up.
  I waddled over to the chair and managed to sit myself down.
  I sit myself down in one of the filthy corners, making myself comfortable for the short ride.
  To settle me down, Hank would sit me down for a couple of hours after the game, have a beer and talk baseball.
  But even when I'm not tired, I don't want to sit myself down to meditate, thinking that it takes too long.
  Just sit yourself down, and I'll bring you some refreshment.
  Walk yourselves down to the nearest theater playing it, sit yourselves down, watch, then get back to me.
  He pulled the chair back, allowing Altia to sit herself down.
  A smiling Becky sat the baby bird in the grass in front of the lilacs, and quietly moved away.
  When she was a baby, I would sit her in my lap and she would watch me play.
2. 1.2no object (of an animal) rest with the hind legs bent and the body close to the ground.
  （动物）蹲
  it is important for a dog to sit when instructed
  驯狗让它蹲下是很重要的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another sighting was a solo monkey sitting thoughtfully in front of a very old ‘library’ we pass on one of our favorite walks over the ridge.
  I couldn't help but to notice a small, dirty tabby cat sitting attentively by a wooden leg of a jewellery stand.
  My dog was sitting next to me, waiting for crusts from above while I ate breakfast, and I wondered what he hears when we hear music.
  You can always tell where the dog was sitting because there's a dog-shaped spot in the corner without any gold on it.
  I arrive home and am heartened by the sight of my dog sitting patiently in front of the gates awaiting my arrival.
  As he started the car and drove down the road that led from the station Jess glanced at the dog sitting beside him.
  The wolf sitting silently beside him in the passenger's seat yawned, snapping her jaws.
  And there was the cat sitting beside the hearth playing with tin soldiers and a toy cannon.
  Ariyah looked to see a large black-and-white cat sitting under a bush.
  The dog sat stiffly next to Mr. Dawson's chair and now carefully watched the group.
  On the window sill, a black cat was sitting there, scratching under its ears with its leg in rapid circles.
  The wolf just sat there and tilted its head with an inquisitive whimper.
  And all the older monkeys are just sitting there and taking it easy.
  A spectral collie dog sits under a particular chair in the office, and at the other end of the room the figure of a man has been seen seated in another chair.
  A baboon and a monkey are sitting patiently on a pallet awaiting their lift back to the limelight.
  A pensioner has been reunited with her disabled pet terrier after thieves stole her car… while the dog sat quietly in the back.
  Ken spots a rat sitting comfortably on the shelf, then watches it scurry behind a toaster oven.
  My stepson's cat sits beside me in my study as I write, apparently content with some sort of human company.
  Each human had a dog sitting next to them and each plate had a devil's face made of meat.
  But the creatures did not sit to look around in wonder as Rabbit had.
3. 1.3with object Ride or keep one's seat on (a horse)
  骑（马）
  have you never sat a horse before?
  Example sentencesExamples
  His son was still unconscious, but he wasn't so badly wounded that he couldn't sit a horse as long as someone held him there.
  If you attempt to mount her or ride her in a tense filled mind and body - she will feel it the minute you sit the saddle.
  The South Carolina general sat his horse, chewing manically on his cigar.
  It was the only way they would get him to sit his horse for the ride home.
  The horseman was older than Bahzell had assumed from his voice and the way he sat his horse.
  They only sat their horses or stood there, gazing up at the temple as if they were afraid to break some magical spell.
  Since he was old enough to sit a horse, Mike worked to reduce it.
  Gwern was sitting his horse close by her, surrounded by his personal bodyguard.
  The rider on the bay horse sat the saddle just like Ben Cartwright's oldest boy.
  He rode on, sitting the tractor as if it were a horse, and canted a parasol to deflect the cruellest and most direct of the sun's rays.
4. 1.4with object (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people)
  （桌子、房间或建筑物）容纳（特定的人数坐）
  the chapel sat about 3,000 people
  这个小教堂可容纳约3，000人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There was a large oval shaped table in the center of the room, sitting a round number of twelve.
  The hall sits 18,000 people; the ticket price varies from $100 to $500.
  It looks like something out of a child's toy box: the old carriages are made of wood, painted a faded kingfisher blue, and they sit only ten people each.
  Each table could sit anything from four to eight people.
  The hall sits 2000.
  Synonyms
  hold, seat, have seats for, have space for, have room for, accommodate, take
5. 1.5sit for Pose, typically in a seated position, for (an artist or photographer)
  为（艺术家，摄影师）摆好姿势（尤指坐姿）
  Walter Deverell asked her to sit for him
  华尔特·德弗罗请她做他的模特。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When sitting for his portrait, Oliver Cromwell ordered his portraitist, who wanted to pretty Cromwell up, to paint him ‘warts and all.’
  It was the subjects who served the artist by agreeing to sit for him.
  One day the husband of a woman who was sitting for a portrait by Picasso dropped in on the artist at his studio.
  Artists are also likely to make the portraits of important people look much more handsome than they really are to flatter the person sitting for a portrait.
  British sculptor Ian Walters will make the statue, and Mandela has agreed to sit for him, organisers said.
  One recalls Roland Barthes's formulation of photographic exposure of being posed in exteriority and becoming a specter in sitting for a photograph.
  On September 10, 1665, during a sitting for his bust, the king got up to check on the likeness.
  East Riding Council is looking for a man or woman born before 1901, who would agree to sit for photographer Ian Beesley.
  When they were first married, Christopher's aunt had insisted that they sit for a portrait.
  The heavy, slow equipment used in photography's first era made having a picture taken almost as demanding as sitting for a painter.
  He also sat for students at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  Daniel Rowland was a self-effacing man, who only once consented to sit for his portrait.
  The worst spoon-feeding comes late in the film, as Elise sits for a photograph.
  The Victorians hid their rotten teeth when sitting for portraits and photographs.
  In both the 1901 and the 1888 works, the sunflowers are displayed on the seat of a chair, as if they had the status of a human sitting for a portrait.
  One hundred and five years after they sat for the photographer we are connected.
  It was the first time he sat for a formal portrait.
  A request was made that the entire squadron sit for individual portraits.
  Few individuals in a century of heavy taxation have the wealth to support the arts but royalty still sits for portraits, even if the commissioning organization pays the artist.
  During this period, sitting for a photograph had a certain formality.
  Synonyms
  pose, model
6. 1.6North American with object Not use (a player) in a game.
  〈北美〉（比赛）不用（某选手），让（某运动员）坐冷板凳
  the manager must decide who to sit in the World Series
  经理必须决定谁将不参加世界系列赛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They're playing for a new coach, an old-school coach who'll sit you down if you don't play the game right.
  Chris and I were unaware that Robinson had commented before the game that he was going to sit his regulars for much of the rest of the way, but this was ridiculous.
  I'd sit Antowain Smith for a game or two if I were Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, which I'm not.
  Lightning G.M. Jay Feaster's ultimatum in the off season was that if a player didn't sign, he'd make them sit the whole season.
  Coach Billy Donovan was not going to sit rookie sensation Matt Walsh or anybody else on his hot team and disturb the outstanding chemistry.
  He'll sit a hot player like SF Marcus Fizer or PG A.J. Guyton for whole quarters despite the fact they are hot.
  The Royals recently demoted Berroa to Class AA, and the Indians sat Gerut for five games.
  At some point, the Giants may ultimately decide that sitting Shockey is best.
2no object, with adverbial of place Be or remain in a particular position or state.
处于；保持（某种位置或状态）；搁置
the fridge was sitting in a pool of water
冰箱搁置在一摊水中。
Example sentencesExamples
- Across the table sits the woman, clearly not thrilled.
- At the head of the coffee table sat a respectable looking gentleman, thinning hair combed over his bald spot.
- On an altar in the room sits a figure of the Buddha.
- Behind pocket doors, the formal dining room table sits near one of three fireplaces.
- In the center of the dining room sits a marble table surrounded by four leather chairs.
- Out on the patio table sat a tape recorder, a notebook, and the evaluation forms.
- A mixture of tension, anger and fear has gripped the Pakistan north-west frontier town of Peshawar, which sits at the foot of the Khyber Pass leading into Afghanistan.
- In another room down the hall from the locker room, sat many figures.
- Revelin Moss sits at the foot of Grisedale Pike about 300m above sea level.
- In the center, filling the room, sat a long table surrounded by chairs.
- To the right of the throne room, two small buildings sit side by side.
- On the coffee table sat a plate of crackers with a limp fan of cheese.
- A family of life-size stone monkeys sit beside them; nearby graze deer while a cow is being milked as its licks its calf.
- Below that sits a similarly positioned on/off key, two fast access buttons - pre-set to run the diary and address book apps - and up and down scroll buttons.
- At the bar sat a lone figure wearing a brown leather jacket over a black flight suit.
- Resting unattended on the bench of a nearby picnic table sat a large, ripe watermelon.
- In the center of the room sat a large table, with only two chairs at it.
- On the table sits a big bowl of almonds picked from the Gibsons' own tree.
- In place of the utility room sit a miniature family room and dining area.
- On the table sits a birthday cake with one slice missing.
Synonyms
be situated, be located, be positioned, be sited, be placed, perch, rest, stand
1. 2.1with adverbial (of an item of clothing) fit a person well or badly as specified.
  （衣服）合身，适合
  the blue uniform sat well on his big frame
  这套蓝制服很适合他这个大个头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was tall and lean; his dark-gray suit of military cut did not sit well on him.
  We'd black berets that wouldn't sit right and black boots rich with dust and hungry for polish.
  Sometimes, a person dressed in the most expensive clothes can look like a fish out of water because his clothes do not sit well on him.
2. 2.2sit with Be harmonious with.
  与…保持和谐
  his shyness doesn't sit easily with Hollywood tradition
  他的腼腆不易与好莱坞的传统保持和谐。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Though that latter example sits badly with the Open Source crowd, it's born of the natural tendency of computer engineers to focus on the means rather than the end.
  Its aristocratic tendencies sit badly with the meritocratic facts of Scottish life.
  That sits well with the yacht race, representing one of mankind's cleanest pursuits.
  This sits badly with the Act assertion that all data be ‘obtained fairly’.
  It sits rather uncomfortably between two camps: too childish for most adults, yet too gruesome for most children.
  Canberra's policies do not sit easily with many members with long memories.
  Second, even if it were simply a human inability to measure, this sits badly with the kind of certainty required.
  You know, drawing the analogy between men and dogs doesn't sit too well with them.
  But this sits badly with a company which is losing money and sales in millions and thousands respectively.
  Synonyms
  be harmonious, go, fit in, harmonize, mesh
3no object (of a parliament, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business.
（议会、委员会、法庭等）开会，开庭
Parliament continued sitting until March 16
议会一直开到3月16日。
Example sentencesExamples
- This Court does not sit as an ordinary Court of Criminal Appeal hearing appeals against convictions and sentences.
- The medieval parliament and king's court often sat under its carved angels and it was from here that the kingdom was ruled.
- In May of this year the Crown Court was sitting there.
- In the meantime there is nothing I can say on the whole saga until the ethics committee sits.
- As a result, parliament has sat only twice since the election and the next meeting has been set for July 20.
- The court may sit at any place (either within or outside the State).
- But it is a question of fact as to whether or not there was a miscarriage of justice. This Court does not sit as a Court of Criminal Appeal.
- The European Parliament sits at exactly the same time as the Dáil on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
- It meets at 8.30 in the morning on a Wednesday, almost every week that Parliament is sitting.
- The Parliament is sitting again this week, with the Senate holding Estimates Committee hearings.
- As your Honours know, the New South Wales Supreme Court has sat overseas on a number of recent occasions.
- And even at that, there is no guarantee that the District Court will sit there again.
- Adjournments of the Houses of Parliament take place all the time when Parliament is sitting.
- The court sits at Parliament House in Edinburgh and there is no appeal in criminal matters to the House of Lords at Westminster.
- We have now been told that it will be next week when Parliament is not sitting.
- So it was in Perth and Inverness and every country town where the high court sat.
- In 1644 he was appointed by the king as commissioner of excise in Lichfield, which led to him to Oxford where the Royalist parliament sat.
- Future Legislative Assemblies, as the successors to the Constituent were to be called, were to contain 745 seats and sit for two years.
- The Senate is due to debate the bill when Federal Parliament sits later this month.
- The governor general will announce at a later date when parliament will sit to choose a new prime minister.
Synonyms
meet, assemble, convene, be in session
1. 3.1 Serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body.
  （在委员会、陪审团或其他官方机构中）占有一席，担任职务
  they were determined that women jurists should sit on the tribunal
  他们坚决认为女法学家应在法庭上占有席位。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Would you have been happy sitting on the jury that found the above three guilty as charged and therefore sentenced to death?
  I speak on behalf of my colleague who sits on the select committee that dealt with this bill.
  Judge Linda Sutcliffe, sitting with two magistrates, agreed to overturn the ban.
  What we have to remember is that, as skeptics, our role is not necessarily well served by sitting as judge and jury.
  Let us imagine David Benson-Pope sitting as a member on that council.
  And they spend at least ten days sitting with mentor magistrates on a broad variety of cases.
  District council deputy leader Chris Humphries from Aldbourne is one of the few councillors who sits as a member of all three local authorities at parish, district and county level.
  He wondered whether the BBC board members had not sat since the last mandatory title fight in December last year.
  This is a decision of the Full Court. It is binding on all judges of the Federal Court sitting at first instance.
  The existing position is that specially trained panels of medical and lay people, on which GMC council members no longer sit, make final decisions on fitness to practise.
  Zimbabwe has no jury system and cases are routinely tried by a judge sitting with two lay assessors.
  A judge sitting without a jury would fall short of his duty if he did not first find the facts and then draw from them the inference of fact whether or not the defendant had been negligent.
  What has happened is that with the Criminal Code Act 1995 it is now not safe for any justice to sit alone without a jury.
  The judge, sitting with two magistrates, had been told the Crown did not oppose the appeal.
  Big money, however, cares a great deal about who sits on the nation's 13 federal circuit courts.
  This means that the Member must not sit as part of the sub-committee, but must also not attend the hearing in any case.
  Its members sit for five years, except for student representatives who hold their positions for one year.
  As for the idea of them standing for the council or sitting on a Community Association Committee well you must be joking.
  This will be the last occasion on which Justice Gaudron will sit as a member of the Court.
  In 1990 he had to resign as a councillor for Bowling when new rules were introduced preventing paid council officers sitting as elected members.
  Synonyms
  serve on, have a seat on, hold a seat on, be a member of, carry out duties on, work on
2. 3.2sit forBritish Be the Member of Parliament for (a particular constituency)
  〈英〉任（某特定选区的）下院议员
  since the war members of several parties have sat for Anglesey
  Example sentencesExamples
  He entered Parliament in 1818, sitting for several constituencies until returned for the City of London in 1841, which he represented until his elevation to the peerage as Earl Russell.
  For the Health Minister, who sits for a Scottish seat, can impose policies on England for which he is not accountable to his own constituents because their health policy is decided by the Scottish Parliament.
  Apart from anything else, he sits for a Scottish seat, and it is infamous that the people of England should accept laws made by Scottish MPs when we English MPs have absolutely no say over corresponding issues in Scotland.
  He was at last allowed back into Parliament in 1774 and sat for Middlesex until 1790.
  Pete Wishart, who sits for the Scottish Nationalist Party, felt the decision should lie with members of the Scottish parliament, and not with government down south.
  The Legislative Assembly shall consist of 57 elected members who shall be returned and sit for electoral districts.
  Frankly, ministers don't like being told what they can and can't do with English education spending by an MP who sits for a Scottish constituency.
  After all, 96 per cent of all MPs since 1945 have sat for the Labour or Conservative parties.
  But Lord Hoyle - who for many years represented Nelson and Colne and whose son Lindsay sits for Chorley in the Commons - said it was essential to get rid of the last vestiges of hereditary patronage.
4British with object Take (an examination)
〈英〉参加（考试）
pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE
学生们需要参加普通中等教育证书的九门科目考试。
no object he was about to sit for his Cambridge entrance exam
他将要参加剑桥大学入学考试。
Example sentencesExamples
- He sat the entrance examinations for Grammar School but did not gain admission, so he went to Derby Central School.
- This means that of every 50 art students sitting for the examination, 49 will fail.
- Under the program, five individuals are selected each year to receive a free sitting for the CPF exam and a complete set of PPFA-recommended exam source materials.
- Turing sat the scholarship examinations in 1929 and won an exhibition, but not a scholarship.
- However, the candidates sat the examination in different cities.
- It is absolutely essential that by the time you come to sit your final examination in economics, that you are fully aware of the pitfalls that lie in wait.
- So sitting an examination with glasses seems an accurate way of assessing their eligibility for the job.
- There were a large number of A's in each of the three science subjects and everyone who sat the biology examination got an honour.
- Increasingly, students are sitting final examinations up to six months before they qualify.
- In music, composition students sat a preliminary examination consisting of a fugue and a short choral piece.
5no object, in combination Live in someone's house while they are away and look after their pet or pets.
代人照看（宠物）
Fenella had been cat-sitting for me
弗纳拉一直在代我照看猫。参见BABYSIT。
See also babysit
I puppy-sat for Katie a couple of weeks ago
Example sentencesExamples
- The girls have weeded a neighbor's yard, done some dog sitting and worked at extra chores around home.
- If you are without a furry companion, offer to dog-sit for a friend or family member.
- I was first given a job in a learning centre by a woman I used to cat-sit for.
- I will be house and dog sitting again for the rest of the weekend, so I don't know how much I will be able to check emails.
- At one point they even agreed to cat-sit for a few weeks to get a roof over their heads.
- I'm poodle-sitting for my grandfather this week.
- As it turns out, they had been calling the ISDN line at home, not having realised I'm cat-sitting.
- We arranged for the ducks and Gordon the goat to be fed and kept an eye on, and some friends offered to dog-sit Milo for the weekend.
- I plan to spend Labor Day weekend bunny-sitting for Katy.
- They're really well-behaved too and were a joy to puppy-sit.
6no object (of a bird) rest on a branch; perch.
（鸟）停落；栖息
the robin sat on a low branch
Example sentencesExamples
- A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests.
- Two sea eagles sit hunched on a branch, their expressions indicating distaste.
- A golden bird sang a melodious song as it sat, perched in a glittering green tree.
- In contrast, effects of brood size on cooling dynamics are much smaller in species whose nestlings sit alongside each other.
- The bird carrier should be large enough for your bird to sit or rest in it comfortably so that it doesn't bump its head or tail on the top or bottom.
1. 6.1 (of a hen or other bird) settle on eggs for the purpose of incubating them.
  don't introduce a new male when the hens are sitting
  Example sentencesExamples
  You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs.
  I don't have much experience of a broody hen sitting on the eggs.
  I will dust carefully round my sitting hen's eggs so as not to move them.
  There are now eggs in the nest and she sits there all day.

nounPlural sitssɪtsɪt

1A period of sitting.
坐的一段时间
a sit in the shade
坐在阴凉处的一段时间。
Example sentencesExamples
- Try to do at least one thing different each day - simple things: take a walk or have a sit in the park.
- Come check it out and play for awhile, or just have a sit in the shade for a bit.
2archaic The way in which an item of clothing fits someone.
〈古〉（衣服的）合身
the sit of her frock
她那合身的连衣裙。
Example sentencesExamples
- The sit of the collar brought tears into my eyes, sir, when first I saw it.
- Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats.

Usage

In sentences such as we were sat there for hours the use of the past participle sat with the verb ‘to be’ is informal and not part of standard English. Originally only in dialect, it is now common in British (though not US) English. Standard English uses the present participle sitting in similar contexts, as in we were sitting there for hours

Phrases

sit at someone's feet

Be someone's pupil or follower.
受教于（或追随）某人，师承（某人）
he returned to Venice to sit at the feet of Monteverdi
Example sentencesExamples
- What interesting people have passed them by, or sat at their feet?
- He is a brilliant communicator, and I'd sit at his feet for many an hour; his enthusiasm is infectious and his knowledge is phenomenal!
- Anyone would think we weren't here sitting at his feet.
- Earlier, his audience had sat at his feet, a collection of white - shirted youths all too young to have ever seen him play.
- Do your students sit at your feet and follow your every word? Is that an ideal relationship?
- I was ordered to sit at his feet while he lectured me about Zimbabwe.
- We never sit at their feet and learn from their experiences.
- I tell the youth that they must respect the elders and try to learn from them by sitting at their feet.
- I wanted exceedingly to see him, and felt like sitting at his feet, almost as I would at the feet of an apostle, from what I had heard of his success in promoting revivals.
- Their gift was to leave indelible memories of the beauty of English poetry on all who sat at their feet.

sit on one's arse

vulgar slang Do nothing; fail to take action.
〈粗俚〉无所事事；不采取行动

sit on one's hands

Take no action.
不采取行动
they lost office largely because their traditional supporters sat on their hands and stayed at home
Example sentencesExamples
- But around one quarter sat on their hands, neither applauding nor joining in the booing from a group of about 200 people.
- Many US traders were sitting on their hands ahead of a key update on the economy by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan this evening.
- So the fact that they can put out two press releases with identical content about six years apart, tells us that they have been sitting on their hands.
- So it is not as if anyone has been sitting on their hands in this period of time.
- ‘The police are not sitting on their hands,’ Mr Sutton said.
- With a moratorium, we, the good guys, are going to be sitting on our hands.
- And there's really nothing for Martin to worry about since most of those who would vote against him have even been driven out, have quit the party in frustration, or are quietly sitting on their hands.
- Personally, I believe some people, British leftists, have been sitting on their hands and not taking a proactive role in fighting terrorism.
- Most people are sitting on their hands and that is the sensible reaction at this time.
- The market kicked off the week in a subdued fashion, with few corporate announcements and traders sitting on their hands ahead of a slew of results in the US later this week.

sit (heavy) on the stomach

(of food) take a long time to be digested.
（食物）很难消化
Example sentencesExamples
- Greasy dumplings can sit heavy on the stomach at 10: 30 am.
- It tends to sit heavy on the stomach.
- While it looked like it might sit heavy on the stomach, I was pleasantly surprised how tasty and light it really was.
- It smells of chemicals, doesn't taste that great, and seems to sit on the stomach.
- The first two helpings didn't taste like much except vanilla, though silkier, but the ice cream sat heavy on the stomach because of the syrup's sweetness.
- Salmon baked in tarragon and cray fish tails with basil in filo pastry do not sit on the stomach in the same way as most festive fare.
- My the dogs gobble them up too quickly and they didn't sit on the stomach well.
- A little goes a long way and sits heavy on the stomach.

sit on someone's tail

Drive extremely close behind another vehicle, typically while waiting for a chance to overtake.
（尤指等机会超车时）紧跟着前面车辆开车
Example sentencesExamples
- Williams quickly moved into second and sat on White 's tail to weigh up his options for a lap or two.
- However, once he passed the furlong marker he started to send out distress signals and the next rider, sitting on his tail, set about taking advantage.
- We didn't want the filly opening up and going away so the plan was always to sit on her tail and take it to her at the two-furlong pole.
- He finally reached us and sat on our tail for miles even as we switched lanes.
- I sat on his tail on the run-up to the pit straight and half way down.
- However, as the race developed, Faulkner came back into contention and was sitting on Westbrook 's tail with two laps left to run.

sit tight

1informal Remain firmly in one's place.
〈非正式〉留在原处等候
this shouldn't take long—just sit tight
Example sentencesExamples
- They assumed that the crowd would sit tight even if the arrangements were not up to the mark.
- A 24 - HOUR vigil is in place as the Lake District's famous ospreys are sitting tight on newly-laid eggs.
- Those that did evacuate we ask you just to sit tight.
- I'll just go take Blake to make arrangements and the rest of you sit tight.
- Yet, sitting tight for hours, excitement in phases and muggy weather were all worth the effort as Yuveraj Singh ensured everybody went home with a heady feeling.
- Then I guess you just sit tight with a good book and wait until the electricity goes off and your roof starts coming off.
- This was a good thirty feet away, and Peter and Julia sat tight, waiting to see what else was happening.
- Should we sit tight and wait to be rescued - and risk choking on fumes or being crushed in a tunnel collapse?
- But the elderly man didn't get excited, he sat tight and waited for the emergency crew to reach his home at the top of the village.
- But, we don't have that control, and apart from securing our homes and having adequate supplies, we just have to sit tight and hope for the best.
Synonyms
stay put, stay there, wait there, remain in one's place
1. 1.1Refrain from taking action or changing one's mind.
  不采取行动；固执己见
  we're advising our clients to sit tight and neither to buy nor sell
  我们建议客户保持观望，既不买也不卖。
  Example sentencesExamples
  All we can do is sit tight and wait and that is simply making a worrying situation even more difficult.
  Sometimes you need to sit tight, and wait for it to happen.
  We called the hospital, and they advised us to sit tight and wait, and call them again if the contractions started happening about once every five minutes.
  It lost money for the first 15 months but I didn't have the funds to advertise it, so I just had to sit tight and wait for the reputation to build.
  There is always a risk in these situations that a player will sit tight for the remainder of his contract and still go to one of your rivals free.
  There is still more to come, but we're sitting tight and waiting for when the time will happen.
  Despite the impressive performance by the shares, those willing to sit tight should enjoy further rewards as the company remains remarkably good value.
  Do they have to sit tight and wait for the Philippines to solve it?
  His outlandish haul of major championships is the product of a cautious approach, a refusal to take risks and a determination to sit tight and wait for others to make mistakes.
  For the rest, it might be better to sit tight and wait for the industry to pull its finger out.
  Synonyms
  take no action, wait, hold back, hang back, be patient, bide one's time, play a waiting game

sit up (and take notice)

informal Suddenly start paying attention or have one's interest aroused.
〈非正式〉警觉；关注；突然激起兴趣
young people are voting with their feet—employers will have to sit up and take notice
Example sentencesExamples
- Parents say they hope the Department of Education will finally sit up and take notice of them, following Friday's protest.
- This presence in high profile Silicon Valley suddenly made the world sit up and take notice.
- But he soon made the fashion world sit up and take notice.
- Just as happened with the fuel crisis, the Westminster politicians will eventually have to sit up and take notice of Yorkshire's discontent.
- If only the litter louts would now sit up and take notice.
- This is exactly the sort of statement that makes a book lover sit up and take notice and it certainly got my attention.
- And while the result was one the majority of pundits predicted, the Wasps' performance will have caused a few teams to sit up and take notice.
- There is just something I like about this picture, something that made us sit up and take notice…
- A surprise move like that could get people to sit up and take notice.
- The First Minister needs to sit up and take notice.

Phrasal Verbs

sit back

1Relax.
放松
sit back and enjoy the music
放松听音乐。
Example sentencesExamples
- On a snowboarding holiday, there's not much opportunity to sit back and relax, however.
- Once you have eaten so much you can't move an eyelid, it's time to sit back, relax and let someone else do the driving.
- Limbaugh loves sitting back and relaxing with a cigar.
- Put on a pot of coffee, dig out the cherry pie and sit back and relax.
- So, if you are a woman who needs time to be with yourself, sit back, relax, and enjoy these movies.
- I hated the first one, but decided to sit back, relax and get in touch with my inner angel.
- With a large family of eleven, Kit had little time to sit back and relax in former years.
- It is a book that is hard to put down so give yourself plenty of time, sit back, relax and enjoy.
- All a client has to do is tell me what they want and then sit back and relax.
- So in preparation for another burst of mindless driving I am going to sit back and relax.
Synonyms
relax, unwind, lie back, loosen up
1. 1.1Take no action; choose not to become involved.
  不采取行动；不参与
  I can't just sit back and let Liz get on with it
  我不能只坐在一边让利萨去处理此事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He looks at me and sits back, waiting for the signs of awe to display themselves on my face.
  Analysts are concerned that the group is sitting back and waiting for the forecast economic recovery rather than cutting costs.
  Then they just sit back and wait for a reaction from the rest of the users.
  Yet while all their manager asks them to do is win, the world sits back and waits to be entertained.
  The drive is now on to sell season tickets for the new term - but I know there are a lot of people sitting back and waiting to see what is about to happen before they make any decisions.
  God expects that when we pray for something, we should not just sit back and wait for miracles to happen.
  And I did it by not sitting back and waiting for the school or company to provide me with the requisite classes.
  They simply sit back and wait and, if a buyer comes along, then they think about moving somewhere else.
  At the moment it's a case of sitting back and waiting for the outcome to this.
  Nor are they just sitting back and waiting for the talent to roll in.

sit by

Take no action in order to prevent something undesirable from occurring.
袖手旁观，无动于衷
I'm not going to sit by and let an innocent man go to jail
我不打算袖手旁观让清白无辜的人坐牢。
Example sentencesExamples
- What does it say when the Government sits by impotently when a star witness is gunned down in broad daylight on the Bulgarian Supreme Court steps?
- I was sitting by with the kids as this scene came up, prepared to talk it over with them as necessary.
- Most of the saner ones from amongst my readers would have realized that I did not sit by all day trying to count all these.
- Sandler approaches nervously, Nicholson cheers him on, and Graham sits by oblivious.
- If he sits by and lets martial law happen without objecting strongly, his political career will be over.

sit down

1Encamp outside a city in order to besiege it.
〈古〉（扎营于城外以）围困
with a large force he sat down before Ravenna
他率大军围困拉文纳。
Example sentencesExamples
- William drew from his encampment at Cahirconlish, and, confident, of an easy victory, sat down before Limerick.
- The Russian army, provided with a full park of artillery for the siege, sat down before it in the middle of May.
2Accept or put up with an unwelcome situation or development.
〈英〉接受；容忍（讨厌的状况或进展）
if they think I'm going to sit down under it, they can think again
如果他们认为我将接受这种状况，他们可以再思考一下。
Example sentencesExamples
- A proposal to shut the public loos in Pewsey is not being taken sitting down by villagers.
- The result was that this unfortunate person had to sit down under it and do nothing at all.
- Moved to the bench was something he wasn't about to take sitting down.
- It is no consolation to Aberdeen that Perth is doing well, and I cannot see Aberdeen "sitting down under it."

sit in

1(of a group of people) occupy a place as a form of protest.
（人群）静坐示威
students have been sitting in on and off this week
Example sentencesExamples
- Just as we were ready to enter Allen's office to sit-in we learned that he had decided to vote against any more funding for the occupation.
- We had been condemning segregation verbally for a long time, but we had lent ourselves to it by not sitting in.
- The next morning Jesse Jackson would come and compare us to young folks sitting in for civil rights for black citizens during his youth.
2Attend a meeting or discussion without taking an active part in it.
不积极地参加（会议，讨论）
I sat in on a training session for therapists
我很勉强地参加为治疗师开设的培训课。
Example sentencesExamples
- The deal was that I'd sit in for three classes and then he could decide if I added value or not.
- The school was also ranked third in the country when inspectors sat in on lessons.
- The visiting teachers sat in on lessons and had the chance to talk to both teachers and pupils.
- Members of the public are always most welcome to sit in on our monthly trust board meetings.
- Three years ago Camalyn had gone into work with her mother and sat in on one of the anger management classes.
- The minister then sweeps in and proceeds to sit in on each table's discussion.
- Because what are they hiding, if they don't want you to sit in on the meetings?
- Judge Morris allowed the McBrearty family to sit in for two issues that arose in relation to them from Mr Jennings.
Synonyms
attend, be present at, be an observer at, observe, watch

sit in for

Temporarily carry out the duties of (another person)
临时行使（别人的）职责
he's sitting in for the regular breakfast show disc jockey
Example sentencesExamples
- Zak Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo Starr, deputises for the late Keith Moon and Pino Palladino sits in for the recently departed bassist John Entwhistle.
- Tonight, Leeza Gibbons is sitting in for Larry King.
- I'm Greta Van Susteren, sitting in for Larry, who has the night off.
- I'm Roger Cossack sitting in for Larry tonight.
- I'm Kathie Lee Gifford sitting in for Larry King tonight.
- To thank Laurence for sitting in for me tonight, I made a song for him.
- Her TV plans also include sitting in for Richard and Judy on their tea-time chat show during their holiday later this month.
- Mr. Baylos, of course, was ecstatic to find that not only had he finally been booked for the Carson show but that he'd be sitting in for Johnny.
- I popped into the management offices of the radio station that has (in a moment of barking madness) asked me to sit in for two weeks over Easter on the ‘drivetime’ slot.
- I'm Jim Clancy, sitting in for Tumi Makgabo this week.
Synonyms
stand in for, fill in for, take the place of, cover for, substitute for, be a substitute for, act as stand-in for, deputize for

sit on

1Fail to deal with.
搁置，拖延
she sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper
她写那篇文章很拖拉，直到截止日期临近，才促使她落笔成文。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is now enormous choice in the current account market, so there is no excuse to sit on an account which is not offering the best deal.
- I've been sitting on this story for a week or so, trying to figure out what to do with it.
- I finally decided to stop sitting on things and threw out my war-torn couch today.
- The company is regarded as more financially capable than its rival of doing such a deal, but appears happy to sit on its holding.
- Lucas has been sitting on this basic story idea for well on thirty years now, so how far wrong could he go?
2Subdue (someone), typically by saying something intended to discomfit or embarrass them.
（尤指故意说令某人不快或难堪的话来）压制（某人）
someone should have sat on him when he was young
Example sentencesExamples
- He bears the imprint of whoever sits on him and the Vice-President really sat on him.
- My middle son lives with his dad and is 20, but he doesn't give me the time of day, but my youngest is 5 (going on 20) and I have really sat on him hard.
1. 2.1Suppress (something)
  压制（某物）
  I want this story sat on
  我想制止这种传闻。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Instead, he intends to sit on his campaign for a month to give it maximum chance of success.
  Only this time, he knew he was sitting on a deal he could not mention.
  The press has been restrained in sitting on a story about her family.
  No longer is it easy for a news organization to sit on a big story and publish it at a set time, when all the dust has settled.
  This is by no means the only new idea that the company is sitting on, with numerous internet projects up its sleeve.
  But I find it impossible to sit on a good story, especially if there is money to be made.
  Synonyms
  withhold, hide, conceal, keep back, keep secret, keep hidden, keep silent about, keep quiet about, hush up, refuse to disclose, suppress

sit something out

1Not take part in a particular event or activity.
不参与某件事或活动
he had to sit out Sheffield Wednesday's UEFA Cup game
他不得不拒绝参加星期三在设菲尔德举行的欧洲联盟杯比赛。
Example sentencesExamples
- If the instance is bad enough, a player may sit out a game.
- Some (potential top picks) decide to sit out a game like this and not risk an injury.
- When a player sits out the entire game, the scene afterwards at home can be pretty ugly.
- The suspensions range from one to three games, with Wisconsin choosing which players will sit out which games.
- He has started a record 125 straight games and isn't about to sit one out any time soon.
- The guy comes back after sitting out several games and immediately starts shooting every time he touches the ball.
- Each time he has come back this season after sitting out a few games, he has looked unusually active.
- When Johnson refused to restore Cobb, the players sat out the next game, in Philadelphia.
- Not wanted to compete against his homeland, Tim Duncan sat out yesterday's game.
- Let Davis sit out two games for every one he plays.
1. 1.1Wait without moving or taking action until a particular unwelcome situation or process is over.
  袖手旁观坐等结束
  most of the workers seem to be sitting the crisis out, waiting to see what will happen
  大部分工人似乎都在坐等危机结束，等待事态的发展。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After calling his wife he said: ‘All I can do is sit it out and wait until the Tube and buses get going again.’
  Overnight a bit of a storm started ripping up and we thought we'd better wait, sit it out here until the storm abates.
  Hardaway tried to play in January but scored just 39 points in four games before deciding to sit out because of persistent pain in his knee.
  He appeared in just 22 games, sitting out the final 41 with a strained right rotator cuff.
  Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats.
  I thought we could sit it out until it calmed down at home, and we would go back.
  So, why not sit things out, and wait for the next generation of leaders?
  The council hopes to sit the strike out until the summer holiday shutdown.
  ‘It's OK,’ I told myself. ‘I can sit it out until the end of the line.’
  Badly swollen, Nadia sat out apparatus after apparatus during team optionals.

sit through

Stay until the end of (a tedious or lengthy meeting or performance)
挨到（乏味或冗长的会议、表演）结束
the movie is the worst film I have sat through this year
Example sentencesExamples
- I must admit I had a hard time sitting through this movie.
- Her ex-husband's deceit had been so successful she did not know the full story until she sat through his trial.
- Once, having sat through a tedious film, I was asked by a Californian market researcher for my response.
- The only thing worse than sitting through a tedious film is having to analyze and describe the tedium.
- We sat through enough meetings to know they were getting a raw deal and they hadn't the money or the clout to fight back.
- She sits through most Council meetings like a rabbit caught in the headlights whilst her deputy tries out his stand-up comic routine.
- I have sat through several council meetings where cabinet members cannot answer a question about the area they have responsibility for.
- I was, however, apprehensive at the prospect of sitting through an even lengthier version.
- So, it was a case of fitting in last minute tweaks on that between editing a mammoth group test and sitting through a planning meeting in the afternoon.
- People who got on were those who could sit through endless meetings without falling asleep.

sit up (or sit someone up)

1Move (or cause someone to move) from a lying or slouching to a sitting position.
坐直；使坐起
Amy sat up and rubbed her eyes
艾米坐了起来，擦了擦眼睛。
I'll sit you up on the pillows
我将放你到枕头上坐直。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sit on the cushion with it more to your rear than to your front and bring the body to the best possible position, sitting up quite straight.
- It then occurred to me that maybe Josh was uncomfortable with the position we were in, so I moved to sit up.
- She walks into the room, and everybody sits up a little straighter and leans forward a little.
- With a sigh, the stranger walked over toward Kiro and sat her up straight.
- Somehow she managed to sit him up, propping his back against the rough bark of the oak tree.
- After another long moment of silence he sat up straighter and moved to stand up.
- Cole nodded from his position below her and moved to sit up.
- Then he moves, sitting up on the hammock, and speaking in a commanding and surprisingly powerful voice.
- The patient is positioned sitting up and leaning forwards over a bed table.
- When she realized she was home she sat up straighter and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
- The men sleeping in the room sat up and moved to make space by the fire for the new arrivals.
2Refrain from going to bed until a later time than usual.
熬夜
we sat up late to watch a horror film
我们看恐怖电影，很晚才睡。
Example sentencesExamples
- I sat up late last night working on this project for my niece.
- He sat up late thinking about it and deep in the middle of the night he wrote to me about his feelings.

Origin

Old English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai.

see nest, set

Rhymes

acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit

Definition of sit in US English:

sit

verbsitsɪt

1no object Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.
坐；坐下
you'd better sit down
你最好坐下。
I sat next to him at dinner
在宴席上，我坐在他旁边。
Example sentencesExamples
- Travelling north to Edinburgh last weekend, I got talking to the rather mumsy woman sitting next to me.
- A lady sitting at a desk wore an expression that told her to sit down and bide her time, so that was what she did.
- A soldier sitting at the foot of the bridge pushed himself upright and picked up his musket.
- She needs special chairs to support her back as she slowly learns to sit upright, as well as sensory equipment and a walker to help her develop.
- When you are sitting straight with your feet flat on the floor your arms should be at a 90-degree angle when typing on the computer.
- He sits rather still on his couch, rarely gestures, and speaks in a relaxed yet expressive tone.
- And everyone who gives is also becoming active in our support, rather than sitting at home frustrated at the media coverage.
- Janine needed to sit down after taking everything in, so she grabbed a chair and sat next to him.
- As the man entered through the windows, she changed her position and sat upright on the bed.
- The design encourages children to sit upright rather than slumped.
- Many make the pilgrimage to sit worshipfully at his feet.
- He only shook his head, looking rather pathetic as he sat at the kitchen table.
- Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder.
- Make sure you have good back and foot support when you sit.
- People who need to use a chair for meditation should sit upright with their feet touching the ground.
- If he is not actually working, he would vastly prefer to putter outside or in a shed rather than to sit about getting under her feet.
- For a start you're sitting over a foot higher than your neighbour in the regular car.
- Leo helped me to sit upright on the floor while supporting my back with his elbow.
- The patient used her arms while sitting to support the weight of the trunk in order to avoid pressure on the sacrum.
- Eventually she drifts off to sleep and then I can usually sit down, but only by keeping her lying on my chest while I sit there trying not to make any sudden moves.
Synonyms
take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair
1. 1.1with object Cause (someone) to sit.
  sit yourself down and I'll bring you some coffee
  请坐，我给你端茶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Walk yourselves down to the nearest theater playing it, sit yourselves down, watch, then get back to me.
  I sit myself down in one of the filthy corners, making myself comfortable for the short ride.
  Maybe tomorrow I'll sit myself down and make myself write or perhaps I'll go for a walk with my camera and see if I can find anything.
  To settle me down, Hank would sit me down for a couple of hours after the game, have a beer and talk baseball.
  If you're doing nothing towards the goal, you need to sit yourself down and figure out why you're sabotaging your own efforts.
  Once the brook was in sight, Audrey and Isabella both found large boulders on the bank to sit themselves down on.
  It is evening and Arthur and Rose sit themselves down at the kitchen table secure in the knowledge that Guy is upstairs with Rikki.
  Sit your baby on your lap and show him chunky board books that he can safely put in his mouth.
  She sat the baby on the soft comforter that covered her legs and adjusted herself.
  Now, sit yourself down and tell us all about your struggles.
  Having been in the same position for who knows how long, I struggled to sit myself up.
  A smiling Becky sat the baby bird in the grass in front of the lilacs, and quietly moved away.
  Ushering us into the dining room, Grandma sat us at the table with Grandpa and herself.
  But as she sat herself down comfortably, she positioned herself facing the campfire.
  I waddled over to the chair and managed to sit myself down.
  But even when I'm not tired, I don't want to sit myself down to meditate, thinking that it takes too long.
  When she was a baby, I would sit her in my lap and she would watch me play.
  Just sit yourself down, and I'll bring you some refreshment.
  Native mothers never sat their babies down long enough to need these items.
  He pulled the chair back, allowing Altia to sit herself down.
2. 1.2 (of an animal) rest with the hind legs bent and the body close to the ground.
  （动物）蹲
  it is important for a dog to sit when instructed
  驯狗让它蹲下是很重要的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You can always tell where the dog was sitting because there's a dog-shaped spot in the corner without any gold on it.
  Another sighting was a solo monkey sitting thoughtfully in front of a very old ‘library’ we pass on one of our favorite walks over the ridge.
  A baboon and a monkey are sitting patiently on a pallet awaiting their lift back to the limelight.
  A spectral collie dog sits under a particular chair in the office, and at the other end of the room the figure of a man has been seen seated in another chair.
  A pensioner has been reunited with her disabled pet terrier after thieves stole her car… while the dog sat quietly in the back.
  On the window sill, a black cat was sitting there, scratching under its ears with its leg in rapid circles.
  My dog was sitting next to me, waiting for crusts from above while I ate breakfast, and I wondered what he hears when we hear music.
  My stepson's cat sits beside me in my study as I write, apparently content with some sort of human company.
  Ariyah looked to see a large black-and-white cat sitting under a bush.
  But the creatures did not sit to look around in wonder as Rabbit had.
  I arrive home and am heartened by the sight of my dog sitting patiently in front of the gates awaiting my arrival.
  Each human had a dog sitting next to them and each plate had a devil's face made of meat.
  And there was the cat sitting beside the hearth playing with tin soldiers and a toy cannon.
  I couldn't help but to notice a small, dirty tabby cat sitting attentively by a wooden leg of a jewellery stand.
  And all the older monkeys are just sitting there and taking it easy.
  The dog sat stiffly next to Mr. Dawson's chair and now carefully watched the group.
  Ken spots a rat sitting comfortably on the shelf, then watches it scurry behind a toaster oven.
  The wolf just sat there and tilted its head with an inquisitive whimper.
  As he started the car and drove down the road that led from the station Jess glanced at the dog sitting beside him.
  The wolf sitting silently beside him in the passenger's seat yawned, snapping her jaws.
3. 1.3with object Ride or keep one's seat on (a horse).
  骑（马）
  Example sentencesExamples
  He rode on, sitting the tractor as if it were a horse, and canted a parasol to deflect the cruellest and most direct of the sun's rays.
  His son was still unconscious, but he wasn't so badly wounded that he couldn't sit a horse as long as someone held him there.
  Since he was old enough to sit a horse, Mike worked to reduce it.
  If you attempt to mount her or ride her in a tense filled mind and body - she will feel it the minute you sit the saddle.
  Gwern was sitting his horse close by her, surrounded by his personal bodyguard.
  The horseman was older than Bahzell had assumed from his voice and the way he sat his horse.
  The rider on the bay horse sat the saddle just like Ben Cartwright's oldest boy.
  It was the only way they would get him to sit his horse for the ride home.
  The South Carolina general sat his horse, chewing manically on his cigar.
  They only sat their horses or stood there, gazing up at the temple as if they were afraid to break some magical spell.
4. 1.4with object (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people)
  （桌子、房间或建筑物）容纳（特定的人数坐）
  the cathedral sat about 3,000 people
  这个小教堂可容纳约3，000人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Each table could sit anything from four to eight people.
  It looks like something out of a child's toy box: the old carriages are made of wood, painted a faded kingfisher blue, and they sit only ten people each.
  The hall sits 2000.
  There was a large oval shaped table in the center of the room, sitting a round number of twelve.
  The hall sits 18,000 people; the ticket price varies from $100 to $500.
  Synonyms
  hold, seat, have seats for, have space for, have room for, accommodate, take
5. 1.5sit for Pose, typically in a seated position, for (an artist or photographer)
  为（艺术家，摄影师）摆好姿势（尤指坐姿）
  Walter Deverell asked her to sit for him
  华尔特·德弗罗请她做他的模特。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The worst spoon-feeding comes late in the film, as Elise sits for a photograph.
  When they were first married, Christopher's aunt had insisted that they sit for a portrait.
  During this period, sitting for a photograph had a certain formality.
  Daniel Rowland was a self-effacing man, who only once consented to sit for his portrait.
  East Riding Council is looking for a man or woman born before 1901, who would agree to sit for photographer Ian Beesley.
  British sculptor Ian Walters will make the statue, and Mandela has agreed to sit for him, organisers said.
  Artists are also likely to make the portraits of important people look much more handsome than they really are to flatter the person sitting for a portrait.
  On September 10, 1665, during a sitting for his bust, the king got up to check on the likeness.
  He also sat for students at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  When sitting for his portrait, Oliver Cromwell ordered his portraitist, who wanted to pretty Cromwell up, to paint him ‘warts and all.’
  One recalls Roland Barthes's formulation of photographic exposure of being posed in exteriority and becoming a specter in sitting for a photograph.
  It was the subjects who served the artist by agreeing to sit for him.
  One hundred and five years after they sat for the photographer we are connected.
  The heavy, slow equipment used in photography's first era made having a picture taken almost as demanding as sitting for a painter.
  A request was made that the entire squadron sit for individual portraits.
  In both the 1901 and the 1888 works, the sunflowers are displayed on the seat of a chair, as if they had the status of a human sitting for a portrait.
  The Victorians hid their rotten teeth when sitting for portraits and photographs.
  It was the first time he sat for a formal portrait.
  One day the husband of a woman who was sitting for a portrait by Picasso dropped in on the artist at his studio.
  Few individuals in a century of heavy taxation have the wealth to support the arts but royalty still sits for portraits, even if the commissioning organization pays the artist.
  Synonyms
  pose, model
6. 1.6North American with object Not use (a player) in a game.
  〈北美〉（比赛）不用（某选手），让（某运动员）坐冷板凳
  the manager must decide who to sit in the World Series
  经理必须决定谁将不参加世界系列赛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'd sit Antowain Smith for a game or two if I were Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, which I'm not.
  Chris and I were unaware that Robinson had commented before the game that he was going to sit his regulars for much of the rest of the way, but this was ridiculous.
  They're playing for a new coach, an old-school coach who'll sit you down if you don't play the game right.
  The Royals recently demoted Berroa to Class AA, and the Indians sat Gerut for five games.
  At some point, the Giants may ultimately decide that sitting Shockey is best.
  Lightning G.M. Jay Feaster's ultimatum in the off season was that if a player didn't sign, he'd make them sit the whole season.
  Coach Billy Donovan was not going to sit rookie sensation Matt Walsh or anybody else on his hot team and disturb the outstanding chemistry.
  He'll sit a hot player like SF Marcus Fizer or PG A.J. Guyton for whole quarters despite the fact they are hot.
2Be or remain in a particular position or state.
处于；保持（某种位置或状态）；搁置
the fridge was sitting in a pool of water
冰箱搁置在一摊水中。
Example sentencesExamples
- A family of life-size stone monkeys sit beside them; nearby graze deer while a cow is being milked as its licks its calf.
- On the table sits a birthday cake with one slice missing.
- On the table sits a big bowl of almonds picked from the Gibsons' own tree.
- In the center of the room sat a large table, with only two chairs at it.
- Revelin Moss sits at the foot of Grisedale Pike about 300m above sea level.
- In the center, filling the room, sat a long table surrounded by chairs.
- A mixture of tension, anger and fear has gripped the Pakistan north-west frontier town of Peshawar, which sits at the foot of the Khyber Pass leading into Afghanistan.
- Resting unattended on the bench of a nearby picnic table sat a large, ripe watermelon.
- Below that sits a similarly positioned on/off key, two fast access buttons - pre-set to run the diary and address book apps - and up and down scroll buttons.
- To the right of the throne room, two small buildings sit side by side.
- On the coffee table sat a plate of crackers with a limp fan of cheese.
- At the head of the coffee table sat a respectable looking gentleman, thinning hair combed over his bald spot.
- On an altar in the room sits a figure of the Buddha.
- At the bar sat a lone figure wearing a brown leather jacket over a black flight suit.
- In the center of the dining room sits a marble table surrounded by four leather chairs.
- Across the table sits the woman, clearly not thrilled.
- In place of the utility room sit a miniature family room and dining area.
- In another room down the hall from the locker room, sat many figures.
- Out on the patio table sat a tape recorder, a notebook, and the evaluation forms.
- Behind pocket doors, the formal dining room table sits near one of three fireplaces.
Synonyms
be situated, be located, be positioned, be sited, be placed, perch, rest, stand
1. 2.1with adverbial (of an item of clothing) fit a person well or badly as specified.
  （衣服）合身，适合
  the blue uniform sat well on his big frame
  这套蓝制服很适合他这个大个头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sometimes, a person dressed in the most expensive clothes can look like a fish out of water because his clothes do not sit well on him.
  We'd black berets that wouldn't sit right and black boots rich with dust and hungry for polish.
  He was tall and lean; his dark-gray suit of military cut did not sit well on him.
2. 2.2sit with Be harmonious with.
  与…保持和谐
  his shyness doesn't sit easily with Hollywood tradition
  他的腼腆不易与好莱坞的传统保持和谐。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You know, drawing the analogy between men and dogs doesn't sit too well with them.
  That sits well with the yacht race, representing one of mankind's cleanest pursuits.
  It sits rather uncomfortably between two camps: too childish for most adults, yet too gruesome for most children.
  This sits badly with the Act assertion that all data be ‘obtained fairly’.
  Canberra's policies do not sit easily with many members with long memories.
  Second, even if it were simply a human inability to measure, this sits badly with the kind of certainty required.
  Its aristocratic tendencies sit badly with the meritocratic facts of Scottish life.
  Though that latter example sits badly with the Open Source crowd, it's born of the natural tendency of computer engineers to focus on the means rather than the end.
  But this sits badly with a company which is losing money and sales in millions and thousands respectively.
  Synonyms
  be harmonious, go, fit in, harmonize, mesh
3no object (of a legislature, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business.
（议会、委员会、法庭等）开会，开庭
Congress continued sitting until March 16
议会一直开到3月16日。
Example sentencesExamples
- As a result, parliament has sat only twice since the election and the next meeting has been set for July 20.
- In the meantime there is nothing I can say on the whole saga until the ethics committee sits.
- We have now been told that it will be next week when Parliament is not sitting.
- The Senate is due to debate the bill when Federal Parliament sits later this month.
- The court sits at Parliament House in Edinburgh and there is no appeal in criminal matters to the House of Lords at Westminster.
- The court may sit at any place (either within or outside the State).
- Adjournments of the Houses of Parliament take place all the time when Parliament is sitting.
- In May of this year the Crown Court was sitting there.
- So it was in Perth and Inverness and every country town where the high court sat.
- And even at that, there is no guarantee that the District Court will sit there again.
- The medieval parliament and king's court often sat under its carved angels and it was from here that the kingdom was ruled.
- As your Honours know, the New South Wales Supreme Court has sat overseas on a number of recent occasions.
- Future Legislative Assemblies, as the successors to the Constituent were to be called, were to contain 745 seats and sit for two years.
- This Court does not sit as an ordinary Court of Criminal Appeal hearing appeals against convictions and sentences.
- The governor general will announce at a later date when parliament will sit to choose a new prime minister.
- It meets at 8.30 in the morning on a Wednesday, almost every week that Parliament is sitting.
- In 1644 he was appointed by the king as commissioner of excise in Lichfield, which led to him to Oxford where the Royalist parliament sat.
- The European Parliament sits at exactly the same time as the Dáil on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
- But it is a question of fact as to whether or not there was a miscarriage of justice. This Court does not sit as a Court of Criminal Appeal.
- The Parliament is sitting again this week, with the Senate holding Estimates Committee hearings.
Synonyms
meet, assemble, convene, be in session
1. 3.1 Serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body.
  （在委员会、陪审团或其他官方机构中）占有一席，担任职务
  they were determined that women jurists should sit on the tribunal
  他们坚决认为女法学家应在法庭上占有席位。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Big money, however, cares a great deal about who sits on the nation's 13 federal circuit courts.
  District council deputy leader Chris Humphries from Aldbourne is one of the few councillors who sits as a member of all three local authorities at parish, district and county level.
  What has happened is that with the Criminal Code Act 1995 it is now not safe for any justice to sit alone without a jury.
  The judge, sitting with two magistrates, had been told the Crown did not oppose the appeal.
  This is a decision of the Full Court. It is binding on all judges of the Federal Court sitting at first instance.
  In 1990 he had to resign as a councillor for Bowling when new rules were introduced preventing paid council officers sitting as elected members.
  I speak on behalf of my colleague who sits on the select committee that dealt with this bill.
  He wondered whether the BBC board members had not sat since the last mandatory title fight in December last year.
  Judge Linda Sutcliffe, sitting with two magistrates, agreed to overturn the ban.
  Would you have been happy sitting on the jury that found the above three guilty as charged and therefore sentenced to death?
  This will be the last occasion on which Justice Gaudron will sit as a member of the Court.
  Zimbabwe has no jury system and cases are routinely tried by a judge sitting with two lay assessors.
  The existing position is that specially trained panels of medical and lay people, on which GMC council members no longer sit, make final decisions on fitness to practise.
  Let us imagine David Benson-Pope sitting as a member on that council.
  This means that the Member must not sit as part of the sub-committee, but must also not attend the hearing in any case.
  Its members sit for five years, except for student representatives who hold their positions for one year.
  And they spend at least ten days sitting with mentor magistrates on a broad variety of cases.
  A judge sitting without a jury would fall short of his duty if he did not first find the facts and then draw from them the inference of fact whether or not the defendant had been negligent.
  As for the idea of them standing for the council or sitting on a Community Association Committee well you must be joking.
  What we have to remember is that, as skeptics, our role is not necessarily well served by sitting as judge and jury.
  Synonyms
  serve on, have a seat on, hold a seat on, be a member of, carry out duties on, work on
4British with object Take (an examination)
〈英〉参加（考试）
pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE
学生们需要参加普通中等教育证书的九门科目考试。
no object he was about to sit for his Cambridge entrance exam
他将要参加剑桥大学入学考试。
Example sentencesExamples
- Increasingly, students are sitting final examinations up to six months before they qualify.
- It is absolutely essential that by the time you come to sit your final examination in economics, that you are fully aware of the pitfalls that lie in wait.
- However, the candidates sat the examination in different cities.
- So sitting an examination with glasses seems an accurate way of assessing their eligibility for the job.
- He sat the entrance examinations for Grammar School but did not gain admission, so he went to Derby Central School.
- Under the program, five individuals are selected each year to receive a free sitting for the CPF exam and a complete set of PPFA-recommended exam source materials.
- There were a large number of A's in each of the three science subjects and everyone who sat the biology examination got an honour.
- This means that of every 50 art students sitting for the examination, 49 will fail.
- Turing sat the scholarship examinations in 1929 and won an exhibition, but not a scholarship.
- In music, composition students sat a preliminary examination consisting of a fugue and a short choral piece.
5no object, in combination Stay in someone's house while they are away and look after their house or pet.
代人照看（宠物）
Kelly had been cat-sitting for me
弗纳拉一直在代我照看猫。参见BABYSIT。
Example sentencesExamples
- They're really well-behaved too and were a joy to puppy-sit.
- We arranged for the ducks and Gordon the goat to be fed and kept an eye on, and some friends offered to dog-sit Milo for the weekend.
- I'm poodle-sitting for my grandfather this week.
- I was first given a job in a learning centre by a woman I used to cat-sit for.
- If you are without a furry companion, offer to dog-sit for a friend or family member.
- At one point they even agreed to cat-sit for a few weeks to get a roof over their heads.
- As it turns out, they had been calling the ISDN line at home, not having realised I'm cat-sitting.
- I plan to spend Labor Day weekend bunny-sitting for Katy.
- The girls have weeded a neighbor's yard, done some dog sitting and worked at extra chores around home.
- I will be house and dog sitting again for the rest of the weekend, so I don't know how much I will be able to check emails.
1. 5.1 Babysit.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Discuss any rules with the sitter before they agree to sit for you.
  Incredibly, no one in New York ever checked my references before hiring me to sit.
6(of a bird) rest on a branch; perch.
（鸟）停落；栖息
Example sentencesExamples
- In contrast, effects of brood size on cooling dynamics are much smaller in species whose nestlings sit alongside each other.
- A golden bird sang a melodious song as it sat, perched in a glittering green tree.
- The bird carrier should be large enough for your bird to sit or rest in it comfortably so that it doesn't bump its head or tail on the top or bottom.
- A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests.
- Two sea eagles sit hunched on a branch, their expressions indicating distaste.
1. 6.1 (of a hen or other bird) settle on eggs for the purpose of incubating them.
  don't introduce a new male when the hens are sitting
  Example sentencesExamples
  I don't have much experience of a broody hen sitting on the eggs.
  I will dust carefully round my sitting hen's eggs so as not to move them.
  You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs.
  There are now eggs in the nest and she sits there all day.

nounsitsɪt

1A period of sitting.
坐的一段时间
a sit in the shade
坐在阴凉处的一段时间。
Example sentencesExamples
- Come check it out and play for awhile, or just have a sit in the shade for a bit.
- Try to do at least one thing different each day - simple things: take a walk or have a sit in the park.
2archaic The way in which an item of clothing fits someone.
〈古〉（衣服的）合身
the sit of her gown
她那合身的连衣裙。
Example sentencesExamples
- The sit of the collar brought tears into my eyes, sir, when first I saw it.
- Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats.

Usage

For guidance on the differences between sit and set, see set

Phrases

sit at someone's feet

Be someone's student or follower.
受教于（或追随）某人，师承（某人）
Example sentencesExamples
- Their gift was to leave indelible memories of the beauty of English poetry on all who sat at their feet.
- What interesting people have passed them by, or sat at their feet?
- He is a brilliant communicator, and I'd sit at his feet for many an hour; his enthusiasm is infectious and his knowledge is phenomenal!
- I wanted exceedingly to see him, and felt like sitting at his feet, almost as I would at the feet of an apostle, from what I had heard of his success in promoting revivals.
- I tell the youth that they must respect the elders and try to learn from them by sitting at their feet.
- Anyone would think we weren't here sitting at his feet.
- Earlier, his audience had sat at his feet, a collection of white - shirted youths all too young to have ever seen him play.
- I was ordered to sit at his feet while he lectured me about Zimbabwe.
- We never sit at their feet and learn from their experiences.
- Do your students sit at your feet and follow your every word? Is that an ideal relationship?

sit on one's hands

Take no action.
不采取行动
Example sentencesExamples
- With a moratorium, we, the good guys, are going to be sitting on our hands.
- So it is not as if anyone has been sitting on their hands in this period of time.
- And there's really nothing for Martin to worry about since most of those who would vote against him have even been driven out, have quit the party in frustration, or are quietly sitting on their hands.
- The market kicked off the week in a subdued fashion, with few corporate announcements and traders sitting on their hands ahead of a slew of results in the US later this week.
- So the fact that they can put out two press releases with identical content about six years apart, tells us that they have been sitting on their hands.
- Many US traders were sitting on their hands ahead of a key update on the economy by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan this evening.
- But around one quarter sat on their hands, neither applauding nor joining in the booing from a group of about 200 people.
- Most people are sitting on their hands and that is the sensible reaction at this time.
- Personally, I believe some people, British leftists, have been sitting on their hands and not taking a proactive role in fighting terrorism.
- ‘The police are not sitting on their hands,’ Mr Sutton said.

sit (heavy) on the stomach

(of food) take a long time to be digested.
（食物）很难消化
Example sentencesExamples
- It tends to sit heavy on the stomach.
- Greasy dumplings can sit heavy on the stomach at 10: 30 am.
- While it looked like it might sit heavy on the stomach, I was pleasantly surprised how tasty and light it really was.
- The first two helpings didn't taste like much except vanilla, though silkier, but the ice cream sat heavy on the stomach because of the syrup's sweetness.
- It smells of chemicals, doesn't taste that great, and seems to sit on the stomach.
- Salmon baked in tarragon and cray fish tails with basil in filo pastry do not sit on the stomach in the same way as most festive fare.
- A little goes a long way and sits heavy on the stomach.
- My the dogs gobble them up too quickly and they didn't sit on the stomach well.

sit tight

1informal Remain firmly in one's place.
〈非正式〉留在原处等候
Example sentencesExamples
- They assumed that the crowd would sit tight even if the arrangements were not up to the mark.
- But, we don't have that control, and apart from securing our homes and having adequate supplies, we just have to sit tight and hope for the best.
- But the elderly man didn't get excited, he sat tight and waited for the emergency crew to reach his home at the top of the village.
- I'll just go take Blake to make arrangements and the rest of you sit tight.
- This was a good thirty feet away, and Peter and Julia sat tight, waiting to see what else was happening.
- Should we sit tight and wait to be rescued - and risk choking on fumes or being crushed in a tunnel collapse?
- A 24 - HOUR vigil is in place as the Lake District's famous ospreys are sitting tight on newly-laid eggs.
- Those that did evacuate we ask you just to sit tight.
- Then I guess you just sit tight with a good book and wait until the electricity goes off and your roof starts coming off.
- Yet, sitting tight for hours, excitement in phases and muggy weather were all worth the effort as Yuveraj Singh ensured everybody went home with a heady feeling.
Synonyms
stay put, stay there, wait there, remain in one's place
1. 1.1Refrain from taking action or changing one's mind.
  不采取行动；固执己见
  we're advising our clients to sit tight and neither to buy nor sell
  我们建议客户保持观望，既不买也不卖。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We called the hospital, and they advised us to sit tight and wait, and call them again if the contractions started happening about once every five minutes.
  For the rest, it might be better to sit tight and wait for the industry to pull its finger out.
  Do they have to sit tight and wait for the Philippines to solve it?
  There is still more to come, but we're sitting tight and waiting for when the time will happen.
  His outlandish haul of major championships is the product of a cautious approach, a refusal to take risks and a determination to sit tight and wait for others to make mistakes.
  Sometimes you need to sit tight, and wait for it to happen.
  It lost money for the first 15 months but I didn't have the funds to advertise it, so I just had to sit tight and wait for the reputation to build.
  There is always a risk in these situations that a player will sit tight for the remainder of his contract and still go to one of your rivals free.
  All we can do is sit tight and wait and that is simply making a worrying situation even more difficult.
  Despite the impressive performance by the shares, those willing to sit tight should enjoy further rewards as the company remains remarkably good value.
  Synonyms
  take no action, wait, hold back, hang back, be patient, bide one's time, play a waiting game

sit up (and take notice)

informal Suddenly start paying attention or have one's interest aroused.
〈非正式〉警觉；关注；突然激起兴趣
Example sentencesExamples
- But he soon made the fashion world sit up and take notice.
- And while the result was one the majority of pundits predicted, the Wasps' performance will have caused a few teams to sit up and take notice.
- If only the litter louts would now sit up and take notice.
- This presence in high profile Silicon Valley suddenly made the world sit up and take notice.
- Just as happened with the fuel crisis, the Westminster politicians will eventually have to sit up and take notice of Yorkshire's discontent.
- This is exactly the sort of statement that makes a book lover sit up and take notice and it certainly got my attention.
- There is just something I like about this picture, something that made us sit up and take notice…
- The First Minister needs to sit up and take notice.
- A surprise move like that could get people to sit up and take notice.
- Parents say they hope the Department of Education will finally sit up and take notice of them, following Friday's protest.

sit on one's ass

vulgar slang Do nothing; fail to take action.
〈粗俚〉无所事事；不采取行动

Phrasal Verbs

sit back

1Relax.
放松
sit back and enjoy the music
放松听音乐。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a book that is hard to put down so give yourself plenty of time, sit back, relax and enjoy.
- With a large family of eleven, Kit had little time to sit back and relax in former years.
- Limbaugh loves sitting back and relaxing with a cigar.
- Put on a pot of coffee, dig out the cherry pie and sit back and relax.
- So, if you are a woman who needs time to be with yourself, sit back, relax, and enjoy these movies.
- On a snowboarding holiday, there's not much opportunity to sit back and relax, however.
- All a client has to do is tell me what they want and then sit back and relax.
- Once you have eaten so much you can't move an eyelid, it's time to sit back, relax and let someone else do the driving.
- I hated the first one, but decided to sit back, relax and get in touch with my inner angel.
- So in preparation for another burst of mindless driving I am going to sit back and relax.
Synonyms
relax, unwind, lie back, loosen up
1. 1.1Take no action; choose not to become involved.
  不采取行动；不参与
  I can't just sit back and let Betsy do all the work
  我不能只坐在一边让利萨去处理此事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the moment it's a case of sitting back and waiting for the outcome to this.
  Nor are they just sitting back and waiting for the talent to roll in.
  Analysts are concerned that the group is sitting back and waiting for the forecast economic recovery rather than cutting costs.
  And I did it by not sitting back and waiting for the school or company to provide me with the requisite classes.
  Yet while all their manager asks them to do is win, the world sits back and waits to be entertained.
  God expects that when we pray for something, we should not just sit back and wait for miracles to happen.
  They simply sit back and wait and, if a buyer comes along, then they think about moving somewhere else.
  The drive is now on to sell season tickets for the new term - but I know there are a lot of people sitting back and waiting to see what is about to happen before they make any decisions.
  He looks at me and sits back, waiting for the signs of awe to display themselves on my face.
  Then they just sit back and wait for a reaction from the rest of the users.

sit by

Take no action in order to prevent something undesirable from occurring.
袖手旁观，无动于衷
I'm not going to sit by and let an innocent man go to jail
我不打算袖手旁观让清白无辜的人坐牢。
Example sentencesExamples
- Most of the saner ones from amongst my readers would have realized that I did not sit by all day trying to count all these.
- I was sitting by with the kids as this scene came up, prepared to talk it over with them as necessary.
- Sandler approaches nervously, Nicholson cheers him on, and Graham sits by oblivious.
- What does it say when the Government sits by impotently when a star witness is gunned down in broad daylight on the Bulgarian Supreme Court steps?
- If he sits by and lets martial law happen without objecting strongly, his political career will be over.

sit down

Encamp outside a city in order to besiege it.
〈古〉（扎营于城外以）围困
with a large force he sat down before Ravenna
他率大军围困拉文纳。
Example sentencesExamples
- The Russian army, provided with a full park of artillery for the siege, sat down before it in the middle of May.
- William drew from his encampment at Cahirconlish, and, confident, of an easy victory, sat down before Limerick.

sit in

1(of a group of people) occupy a place as a form of protest.
（人群）静坐示威
Example sentencesExamples
- The next morning Jesse Jackson would come and compare us to young folks sitting in for civil rights for black citizens during his youth.
- Just as we were ready to enter Allen's office to sit-in we learned that he had decided to vote against any more funding for the occupation.
- We had been condemning segregation verbally for a long time, but we had lent ourselves to it by not sitting in.
2Attend a meeting or discussion without taking an active part in it.
不积极地参加（会议，讨论）
I sat in on a training session for therapists
我很勉强地参加为治疗师开设的培训课。
Example sentencesExamples
- The school was also ranked third in the country when inspectors sat in on lessons.
- The minister then sweeps in and proceeds to sit in on each table's discussion.
- Judge Morris allowed the McBrearty family to sit in for two issues that arose in relation to them from Mr Jennings.
- The visiting teachers sat in on lessons and had the chance to talk to both teachers and pupils.
- Because what are they hiding, if they don't want you to sit in on the meetings?
- Three years ago Camalyn had gone into work with her mother and sat in on one of the anger management classes.
- Members of the public are always most welcome to sit in on our monthly trust board meetings.
- The deal was that I'd sit in for three classes and then he could decide if I added value or not.
Synonyms
attend, be present at, be an observer at, observe, watch

sit in for

Temporarily carry out the duties of (another person).
临时行使（别人的）职责
Example sentencesExamples
- Tonight, Leeza Gibbons is sitting in for Larry King.
- I'm Jim Clancy, sitting in for Tumi Makgabo this week.
- Zak Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo Starr, deputises for the late Keith Moon and Pino Palladino sits in for the recently departed bassist John Entwhistle.
- I popped into the management offices of the radio station that has (in a moment of barking madness) asked me to sit in for two weeks over Easter on the ‘drivetime’ slot.
- I'm Greta Van Susteren, sitting in for Larry, who has the night off.
- I'm Kathie Lee Gifford sitting in for Larry King tonight.
- Mr. Baylos, of course, was ecstatic to find that not only had he finally been booked for the Carson show but that he'd be sitting in for Johnny.
- Her TV plans also include sitting in for Richard and Judy on their tea-time chat show during their holiday later this month.
- I'm Roger Cossack sitting in for Larry tonight.
- To thank Laurence for sitting in for me tonight, I made a song for him.
Synonyms
stand in for, fill in for, take the place of, cover for, substitute for, be a substitute for, act as stand-in for, deputize for

sit on

1Fail to deal with.
搁置，拖延
she sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper
她写那篇文章很拖拉，直到截止日期临近，才促使她落笔成文。
Example sentencesExamples
- The company is regarded as more financially capable than its rival of doing such a deal, but appears happy to sit on its holding.
- I've been sitting on this story for a week or so, trying to figure out what to do with it.
- Lucas has been sitting on this basic story idea for well on thirty years now, so how far wrong could he go?
- I finally decided to stop sitting on things and threw out my war-torn couch today.
- There is now enormous choice in the current account market, so there is no excuse to sit on an account which is not offering the best deal.
2Subdue (someone), typically by saying something intended to discomfit or embarrass them.
（尤指故意说令某人不快或难堪的话来）压制（某人）
Example sentencesExamples
- My middle son lives with his dad and is 20, but he doesn't give me the time of day, but my youngest is 5 (going on 20) and I have really sat on him hard.
- He bears the imprint of whoever sits on him and the Vice-President really sat on him.
1. 2.1Suppress (something)
  压制（某物）
  tell them to sit on this story until we hear from Quinlan
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is by no means the only new idea that the company is sitting on, with numerous internet projects up its sleeve.
  Only this time, he knew he was sitting on a deal he could not mention.
  Instead, he intends to sit on his campaign for a month to give it maximum chance of success.
  The press has been restrained in sitting on a story about her family.
  No longer is it easy for a news organization to sit on a big story and publish it at a set time, when all the dust has settled.
  But I find it impossible to sit on a good story, especially if there is money to be made.
  Synonyms
  withhold, hide, conceal, keep back, keep secret, keep hidden, keep silent about, keep quiet about, hush up, refuse to disclose, suppress

sit something out

1Not take part in a particular event or activity.
不参与某件事或活动
he had to sit out the first playoff game
Example sentencesExamples
- He has started a record 125 straight games and isn't about to sit one out any time soon.
- Not wanted to compete against his homeland, Tim Duncan sat out yesterday's game.
- When Johnson refused to restore Cobb, the players sat out the next game, in Philadelphia.
- The suspensions range from one to three games, with Wisconsin choosing which players will sit out which games.
- When a player sits out the entire game, the scene afterwards at home can be pretty ugly.
- Each time he has come back this season after sitting out a few games, he has looked unusually active.
- Let Davis sit out two games for every one he plays.
- The guy comes back after sitting out several games and immediately starts shooting every time he touches the ball.
- Some (potential top picks) decide to sit out a game like this and not risk an injury.
- If the instance is bad enough, a player may sit out a game.
1. 1.1Wait without moving or taking action until a particular unwelcome situation or process is over.
  袖手旁观坐等结束
  most of the workers seem to be sitting the crisis out, waiting to see what will happen
  大部分工人似乎都在坐等危机结束，等待事态的发展。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The council hopes to sit the strike out until the summer holiday shutdown.
  After calling his wife he said: ‘All I can do is sit it out and wait until the Tube and buses get going again.’
  Hardaway tried to play in January but scored just 39 points in four games before deciding to sit out because of persistent pain in his knee.
  Badly swollen, Nadia sat out apparatus after apparatus during team optionals.
  He appeared in just 22 games, sitting out the final 41 with a strained right rotator cuff.
  So, why not sit things out, and wait for the next generation of leaders?
  I thought we could sit it out until it calmed down at home, and we would go back.
  Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats.
  Overnight a bit of a storm started ripping up and we thought we'd better wait, sit it out here until the storm abates.
  ‘It's OK,’ I told myself. ‘I can sit it out until the end of the line.’

sit through

Stay until the end of (a tedious or lengthy meeting or performance).
挨到（乏味或冗长的会议、表演）结束
Example sentencesExamples
- I was, however, apprehensive at the prospect of sitting through an even lengthier version.
- We sat through enough meetings to know they were getting a raw deal and they hadn't the money or the clout to fight back.
- The only thing worse than sitting through a tedious film is having to analyze and describe the tedium.
- She sits through most Council meetings like a rabbit caught in the headlights whilst her deputy tries out his stand-up comic routine.
- I must admit I had a hard time sitting through this movie.
- Her ex-husband's deceit had been so successful she did not know the full story until she sat through his trial.
- So, it was a case of fitting in last minute tweaks on that between editing a mammoth group test and sitting through a planning meeting in the afternoon.
- Once, having sat through a tedious film, I was asked by a Californian market researcher for my response.
- I have sat through several council meetings where cabinet members cannot answer a question about the area they have responsibility for.
- People who got on were those who could sit through endless meetings without falling asleep.

sit up (or sit someone up)

1Move (or cause someone to move) from a lying or slouching to a sitting position.
坐直；使坐起
Amy sat up and rubbed her eyes
艾米坐了起来，擦了擦眼睛。
I'll sit you up on the pillows
我将放你到枕头上坐直。
Example sentencesExamples
- She walks into the room, and everybody sits up a little straighter and leans forward a little.
- The patient is positioned sitting up and leaning forwards over a bed table.
- Cole nodded from his position below her and moved to sit up.
- Sit on the cushion with it more to your rear than to your front and bring the body to the best possible position, sitting up quite straight.
- Then he moves, sitting up on the hammock, and speaking in a commanding and surprisingly powerful voice.
- With a sigh, the stranger walked over toward Kiro and sat her up straight.
- When she realized she was home she sat up straighter and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
- The men sleeping in the room sat up and moved to make space by the fire for the new arrivals.
- Somehow she managed to sit him up, propping his back against the rough bark of the oak tree.
- After another long moment of silence he sat up straighter and moved to stand up.
- It then occurred to me that maybe Josh was uncomfortable with the position we were in, so I moved to sit up.
2Refrain from going to bed until a later time than usual.
熬夜
we sat up late to watch a horror film
我们看恐怖电影，很晚才睡。
Example sentencesExamples
- I sat up late last night working on this project for my niece.
- He sat up late thinking about it and deep in the middle of the night he wrote to me about his feelings.

Origin

Old English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai.

词汇	sit
释义	Definition of sit in English: sit verbsits, sat, sittingsɪtsɪt 1no object Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright. 坐；坐下 you'd better sit down 你最好坐下。 I sat next to him at dinner 在宴席上，我坐在他旁边。 Example sentencesExamples People who need to use a chair for meditation should sit upright with their feet touching the ground. The design encourages children to sit upright rather than slumped. For a start you're sitting over a foot higher than your neighbour in the regular car. Janine needed to sit down after taking everything in, so she grabbed a chair and sat next to him. A soldier sitting at the foot of the bridge pushed himself upright and picked up his musket. When you are sitting straight with your feet flat on the floor your arms should be at a 90-degree angle when typing on the computer. Eventually she drifts off to sleep and then I can usually sit down, but only by keeping her lying on my chest while I sit there trying not to make any sudden moves. He only shook his head, looking rather pathetic as he sat at the kitchen table. Many make the pilgrimage to sit worshipfully at his feet. The patient used her arms while sitting to support the weight of the trunk in order to avoid pressure on the sacrum. She needs special chairs to support her back as she slowly learns to sit upright, as well as sensory equipment and a walker to help her develop. Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder. He sits rather still on his couch, rarely gestures, and speaks in a relaxed yet expressive tone. And everyone who gives is also becoming active in our support, rather than sitting at home frustrated at the media coverage. Leo helped me to sit upright on the floor while supporting my back with his elbow. Travelling north to Edinburgh last weekend, I got talking to the rather mumsy woman sitting next to me. As the man entered through the windows, she changed her position and sat upright on the bed. If he is not actually working, he would vastly prefer to putter outside or in a shed rather than to sit about getting under her feet. Make sure you have good back and foot support when you sit. A lady sitting at a desk wore an expression that told her to sit down and bide her time, so that was what she did. Synonyms take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair perch, install oneself, ensconce oneself, plant oneself, plump oneself, flop, collapse, sink down, flump informal take the load/weight off one's feet, park oneself, plonk oneself British informal take a pew 1.1with object Cause (someone) to sit. I sat the baby on my lap Example sentencesExamples But as she sat herself down comfortably, she positioned herself facing the campfire. Maybe tomorrow I'll sit myself down and make myself write or perhaps I'll go for a walk with my camera and see if I can find anything. She sat the baby on the soft comforter that covered her legs and adjusted herself. Ushering us into the dining room, Grandma sat us at the table with Grandpa and herself. If you're doing nothing towards the goal, you need to sit yourself down and figure out why you're sabotaging your own efforts. Sit your baby on your lap and show him chunky board books that he can safely put in his mouth. Once the brook was in sight, Audrey and Isabella both found large boulders on the bank to sit themselves down on. Now, sit yourself down and tell us all about your struggles. Native mothers never sat their babies down long enough to need these items. It is evening and Arthur and Rose sit themselves down at the kitchen table secure in the knowledge that Guy is upstairs with Rikki. Having been in the same position for who knows how long, I struggled to sit myself up. I waddled over to the chair and managed to sit myself down. I sit myself down in one of the filthy corners, making myself comfortable for the short ride. To settle me down, Hank would sit me down for a couple of hours after the game, have a beer and talk baseball. But even when I'm not tired, I don't want to sit myself down to meditate, thinking that it takes too long. Just sit yourself down, and I'll bring you some refreshment. Walk yourselves down to the nearest theater playing it, sit yourselves down, watch, then get back to me. He pulled the chair back, allowing Altia to sit herself down. A smiling Becky sat the baby bird in the grass in front of the lilacs, and quietly moved away. When she was a baby, I would sit her in my lap and she would watch me play. 1.2no object (of an animal) rest with the hind legs bent and the body close to the ground. （动物）蹲 it is important for a dog to sit when instructed 驯狗让它蹲下是很重要的。 Example sentencesExamples Another sighting was a solo monkey sitting thoughtfully in front of a very old ‘library’ we pass on one of our favorite walks over the ridge. I couldn't help but to notice a small, dirty tabby cat sitting attentively by a wooden leg of a jewellery stand. My dog was sitting next to me, waiting for crusts from above while I ate breakfast, and I wondered what he hears when we hear music. You can always tell where the dog was sitting because there's a dog-shaped spot in the corner without any gold on it. I arrive home and am heartened by the sight of my dog sitting patiently in front of the gates awaiting my arrival. As he started the car and drove down the road that led from the station Jess glanced at the dog sitting beside him. The wolf sitting silently beside him in the passenger's seat yawned, snapping her jaws. And there was the cat sitting beside the hearth playing with tin soldiers and a toy cannon. Ariyah looked to see a large black-and-white cat sitting under a bush. The dog sat stiffly next to Mr. Dawson's chair and now carefully watched the group. On the window sill, a black cat was sitting there, scratching under its ears with its leg in rapid circles. The wolf just sat there and tilted its head with an inquisitive whimper. And all the older monkeys are just sitting there and taking it easy. A spectral collie dog sits under a particular chair in the office, and at the other end of the room the figure of a man has been seen seated in another chair. A baboon and a monkey are sitting patiently on a pallet awaiting their lift back to the limelight. A pensioner has been reunited with her disabled pet terrier after thieves stole her car… while the dog sat quietly in the back. Ken spots a rat sitting comfortably on the shelf, then watches it scurry behind a toaster oven. My stepson's cat sits beside me in my study as I write, apparently content with some sort of human company. Each human had a dog sitting next to them and each plate had a devil's face made of meat. But the creatures did not sit to look around in wonder as Rabbit had. 1.3with object Ride or keep one's seat on (a horse) 骑（马） have you never sat a horse before? Example sentencesExamples His son was still unconscious, but he wasn't so badly wounded that he couldn't sit a horse as long as someone held him there. If you attempt to mount her or ride her in a tense filled mind and body - she will feel it the minute you sit the saddle. The South Carolina general sat his horse, chewing manically on his cigar. It was the only way they would get him to sit his horse for the ride home. The horseman was older than Bahzell had assumed from his voice and the way he sat his horse. They only sat their horses or stood there, gazing up at the temple as if they were afraid to break some magical spell. Since he was old enough to sit a horse, Mike worked to reduce it. Gwern was sitting his horse close by her, surrounded by his personal bodyguard. The rider on the bay horse sat the saddle just like Ben Cartwright's oldest boy. He rode on, sitting the tractor as if it were a horse, and canted a parasol to deflect the cruellest and most direct of the sun's rays. 1.4with object (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people) （桌子、房间或建筑物）容纳（特定的人数坐） the chapel sat about 3,000 people 这个小教堂可容纳约3，000人。 Example sentencesExamples There was a large oval shaped table in the center of the room, sitting a round number of twelve. The hall sits 18,000 people; the ticket price varies from $100 to $500. It looks like something out of a child's toy box: the old carriages are made of wood, painted a faded kingfisher blue, and they sit only ten people each. Each table could sit anything from four to eight people. The hall sits 2000. Synonyms hold, seat, have seats for, have space for, have room for, accommodate, take 1.5sit for Pose, typically in a seated position, for (an artist or photographer) 为（艺术家，摄影师）摆好姿势（尤指坐姿） Walter Deverell asked her to sit for him 华尔特·德弗罗请她做他的模特。 Example sentencesExamples When sitting for his portrait, Oliver Cromwell ordered his portraitist, who wanted to pretty Cromwell up, to paint him ‘warts and all.’ It was the subjects who served the artist by agreeing to sit for him. One day the husband of a woman who was sitting for a portrait by Picasso dropped in on the artist at his studio. Artists are also likely to make the portraits of important people look much more handsome than they really are to flatter the person sitting for a portrait. British sculptor Ian Walters will make the statue, and Mandela has agreed to sit for him, organisers said. One recalls Roland Barthes's formulation of photographic exposure of being posed in exteriority and becoming a specter in sitting for a photograph. On September 10, 1665, during a sitting for his bust, the king got up to check on the likeness. East Riding Council is looking for a man or woman born before 1901, who would agree to sit for photographer Ian Beesley. When they were first married, Christopher's aunt had insisted that they sit for a portrait. The heavy, slow equipment used in photography's first era made having a picture taken almost as demanding as sitting for a painter. He also sat for students at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana. Daniel Rowland was a self-effacing man, who only once consented to sit for his portrait. The worst spoon-feeding comes late in the film, as Elise sits for a photograph. The Victorians hid their rotten teeth when sitting for portraits and photographs. In both the 1901 and the 1888 works, the sunflowers are displayed on the seat of a chair, as if they had the status of a human sitting for a portrait. One hundred and five years after they sat for the photographer we are connected. It was the first time he sat for a formal portrait. A request was made that the entire squadron sit for individual portraits. Few individuals in a century of heavy taxation have the wealth to support the arts but royalty still sits for portraits, even if the commissioning organization pays the artist. During this period, sitting for a photograph had a certain formality. Synonyms pose, model 1.6North American with object Not use (a player) in a game. 〈北美〉（比赛）不用（某选手），让（某运动员）坐冷板凳 the manager must decide who to sit in the World Series 经理必须决定谁将不参加世界系列赛。 Example sentencesExamples They're playing for a new coach, an old-school coach who'll sit you down if you don't play the game right. Chris and I were unaware that Robinson had commented before the game that he was going to sit his regulars for much of the rest of the way, but this was ridiculous. I'd sit Antowain Smith for a game or two if I were Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, which I'm not. Lightning G.M. Jay Feaster's ultimatum in the off season was that if a player didn't sign, he'd make them sit the whole season. Coach Billy Donovan was not going to sit rookie sensation Matt Walsh or anybody else on his hot team and disturb the outstanding chemistry. He'll sit a hot player like SF Marcus Fizer or PG A.J. Guyton for whole quarters despite the fact they are hot. The Royals recently demoted Berroa to Class AA, and the Indians sat Gerut for five games. At some point, the Giants may ultimately decide that sitting Shockey is best. 2no object, with adverbial of place Be or remain in a particular position or state. 处于；保持（某种位置或状态）；搁置 the fridge was sitting in a pool of water 冰箱搁置在一摊水中。 Example sentencesExamples Across the table sits the woman, clearly not thrilled. At the head of the coffee table sat a respectable looking gentleman, thinning hair combed over his bald spot. On an altar in the room sits a figure of the Buddha. Behind pocket doors, the formal dining room table sits near one of three fireplaces. In the center of the dining room sits a marble table surrounded by four leather chairs. Out on the patio table sat a tape recorder, a notebook, and the evaluation forms. A mixture of tension, anger and fear has gripped the Pakistan north-west frontier town of Peshawar, which sits at the foot of the Khyber Pass leading into Afghanistan. In another room down the hall from the locker room, sat many figures. Revelin Moss sits at the foot of Grisedale Pike about 300m above sea level. In the center, filling the room, sat a long table surrounded by chairs. To the right of the throne room, two small buildings sit side by side. On the coffee table sat a plate of crackers with a limp fan of cheese. A family of life-size stone monkeys sit beside them; nearby graze deer while a cow is being milked as its licks its calf. Below that sits a similarly positioned on/off key, two fast access buttons - pre-set to run the diary and address book apps - and up and down scroll buttons. At the bar sat a lone figure wearing a brown leather jacket over a black flight suit. Resting unattended on the bench of a nearby picnic table sat a large, ripe watermelon. In the center of the room sat a large table, with only two chairs at it. On the table sits a big bowl of almonds picked from the Gibsons' own tree. In place of the utility room sit a miniature family room and dining area. On the table sits a birthday cake with one slice missing. Synonyms be situated, be located, be positioned, be sited, be placed, perch, rest, stand 2.1with adverbial (of an item of clothing) fit a person well or badly as specified. （衣服）合身，适合 the blue uniform sat well on his big frame 这套蓝制服很适合他这个大个头。 Example sentencesExamples He was tall and lean; his dark-gray suit of military cut did not sit well on him. We'd black berets that wouldn't sit right and black boots rich with dust and hungry for polish. Sometimes, a person dressed in the most expensive clothes can look like a fish out of water because his clothes do not sit well on him. 2.2sit with Be harmonious with. 与…保持和谐 his shyness doesn't sit easily with Hollywood tradition 他的腼腆不易与好莱坞的传统保持和谐。 Example sentencesExamples Though that latter example sits badly with the Open Source crowd, it's born of the natural tendency of computer engineers to focus on the means rather than the end. Its aristocratic tendencies sit badly with the meritocratic facts of Scottish life. That sits well with the yacht race, representing one of mankind's cleanest pursuits. This sits badly with the Act assertion that all data be ‘obtained fairly’. It sits rather uncomfortably between two camps: too childish for most adults, yet too gruesome for most children. Canberra's policies do not sit easily with many members with long memories. Second, even if it were simply a human inability to measure, this sits badly with the kind of certainty required. You know, drawing the analogy between men and dogs doesn't sit too well with them. But this sits badly with a company which is losing money and sales in millions and thousands respectively. Synonyms be harmonious, go, fit in, harmonize, mesh 3no object (of a parliament, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business. （议会、委员会、法庭等）开会，开庭 Parliament continued sitting until March 16 议会一直开到3月16日。 Example sentencesExamples This Court does not sit as an ordinary Court of Criminal Appeal hearing appeals against convictions and sentences. The medieval parliament and king's court often sat under its carved angels and it was from here that the kingdom was ruled. In May of this year the Crown Court was sitting there. In the meantime there is nothing I can say on the whole saga until the ethics committee sits. As a result, parliament has sat only twice since the election and the next meeting has been set for July 20. The court may sit at any place (either within or outside the State). But it is a question of fact as to whether or not there was a miscarriage of justice. This Court does not sit as a Court of Criminal Appeal. The European Parliament sits at exactly the same time as the Dáil on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It meets at 8.30 in the morning on a Wednesday, almost every week that Parliament is sitting. The Parliament is sitting again this week, with the Senate holding Estimates Committee hearings. As your Honours know, the New South Wales Supreme Court has sat overseas on a number of recent occasions. And even at that, there is no guarantee that the District Court will sit there again. Adjournments of the Houses of Parliament take place all the time when Parliament is sitting. The court sits at Parliament House in Edinburgh and there is no appeal in criminal matters to the House of Lords at Westminster. We have now been told that it will be next week when Parliament is not sitting. So it was in Perth and Inverness and every country town where the high court sat. In 1644 he was appointed by the king as commissioner of excise in Lichfield, which led to him to Oxford where the Royalist parliament sat. Future Legislative Assemblies, as the successors to the Constituent were to be called, were to contain 745 seats and sit for two years. The Senate is due to debate the bill when Federal Parliament sits later this month. The governor general will announce at a later date when parliament will sit to choose a new prime minister. Synonyms meet, assemble, convene, be in session 3.1 Serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body. （在委员会、陪审团或其他官方机构中）占有一席，担任职务 they were determined that women jurists should sit on the tribunal 他们坚决认为女法学家应在法庭上占有席位。 Example sentencesExamples Would you have been happy sitting on the jury that found the above three guilty as charged and therefore sentenced to death? I speak on behalf of my colleague who sits on the select committee that dealt with this bill. Judge Linda Sutcliffe, sitting with two magistrates, agreed to overturn the ban. What we have to remember is that, as skeptics, our role is not necessarily well served by sitting as judge and jury. Let us imagine David Benson-Pope sitting as a member on that council. And they spend at least ten days sitting with mentor magistrates on a broad variety of cases. District council deputy leader Chris Humphries from Aldbourne is one of the few councillors who sits as a member of all three local authorities at parish, district and county level. He wondered whether the BBC board members had not sat since the last mandatory title fight in December last year. This is a decision of the Full Court. It is binding on all judges of the Federal Court sitting at first instance. The existing position is that specially trained panels of medical and lay people, on which GMC council members no longer sit, make final decisions on fitness to practise. Zimbabwe has no jury system and cases are routinely tried by a judge sitting with two lay assessors. A judge sitting without a jury would fall short of his duty if he did not first find the facts and then draw from them the inference of fact whether or not the defendant had been negligent. What has happened is that with the Criminal Code Act 1995 it is now not safe for any justice to sit alone without a jury. The judge, sitting with two magistrates, had been told the Crown did not oppose the appeal. Big money, however, cares a great deal about who sits on the nation's 13 federal circuit courts. This means that the Member must not sit as part of the sub-committee, but must also not attend the hearing in any case. Its members sit for five years, except for student representatives who hold their positions for one year. As for the idea of them standing for the council or sitting on a Community Association Committee well you must be joking. This will be the last occasion on which Justice Gaudron will sit as a member of the Court. In 1990 he had to resign as a councillor for Bowling when new rules were introduced preventing paid council officers sitting as elected members. Synonyms serve on, have a seat on, hold a seat on, be a member of, carry out duties on, work on 3.2sit forBritish Be the Member of Parliament for (a particular constituency) 〈英〉任（某特定选区的）下院议员 since the war members of several parties have sat for Anglesey Example sentencesExamples He entered Parliament in 1818, sitting for several constituencies until returned for the City of London in 1841, which he represented until his elevation to the peerage as Earl Russell. For the Health Minister, who sits for a Scottish seat, can impose policies on England for which he is not accountable to his own constituents because their health policy is decided by the Scottish Parliament. Apart from anything else, he sits for a Scottish seat, and it is infamous that the people of England should accept laws made by Scottish MPs when we English MPs have absolutely no say over corresponding issues in Scotland. He was at last allowed back into Parliament in 1774 and sat for Middlesex until 1790. Pete Wishart, who sits for the Scottish Nationalist Party, felt the decision should lie with members of the Scottish parliament, and not with government down south. The Legislative Assembly shall consist of 57 elected members who shall be returned and sit for electoral districts. Frankly, ministers don't like being told what they can and can't do with English education spending by an MP who sits for a Scottish constituency. After all, 96 per cent of all MPs since 1945 have sat for the Labour or Conservative parties. But Lord Hoyle - who for many years represented Nelson and Colne and whose son Lindsay sits for Chorley in the Commons - said it was essential to get rid of the last vestiges of hereditary patronage. 4British with object Take (an examination) 〈英〉参加（考试） pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE 学生们需要参加普通中等教育证书的九门科目考试。 no object he was about to sit for his Cambridge entrance exam 他将要参加剑桥大学入学考试。 Example sentencesExamples He sat the entrance examinations for Grammar School but did not gain admission, so he went to Derby Central School. This means that of every 50 art students sitting for the examination, 49 will fail. Under the program, five individuals are selected each year to receive a free sitting for the CPF exam and a complete set of PPFA-recommended exam source materials. Turing sat the scholarship examinations in 1929 and won an exhibition, but not a scholarship. However, the candidates sat the examination in different cities. It is absolutely essential that by the time you come to sit your final examination in economics, that you are fully aware of the pitfalls that lie in wait. So sitting an examination with glasses seems an accurate way of assessing their eligibility for the job. There were a large number of A's in each of the three science subjects and everyone who sat the biology examination got an honour. Increasingly, students are sitting final examinations up to six months before they qualify. In music, composition students sat a preliminary examination consisting of a fugue and a short choral piece. 5no object, in combination Live in someone's house while they are away and look after their pet or pets. 代人照看（宠物） Fenella had been cat-sitting for me 弗纳拉一直在代我照看猫。参见BABYSIT。 See also babysit I puppy-sat for Katie a couple of weeks ago Example sentencesExamples The girls have weeded a neighbor's yard, done some dog sitting and worked at extra chores around home. If you are without a furry companion, offer to dog-sit for a friend or family member. I was first given a job in a learning centre by a woman I used to cat-sit for. I will be house and dog sitting again for the rest of the weekend, so I don't know how much I will be able to check emails. At one point they even agreed to cat-sit for a few weeks to get a roof over their heads. I'm poodle-sitting for my grandfather this week. As it turns out, they had been calling the ISDN line at home, not having realised I'm cat-sitting. We arranged for the ducks and Gordon the goat to be fed and kept an eye on, and some friends offered to dog-sit Milo for the weekend. I plan to spend Labor Day weekend bunny-sitting for Katy. They're really well-behaved too and were a joy to puppy-sit. 6no object (of a bird) rest on a branch; perch. （鸟）停落；栖息 the robin sat on a low branch Example sentencesExamples A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests. Two sea eagles sit hunched on a branch, their expressions indicating distaste. A golden bird sang a melodious song as it sat, perched in a glittering green tree. In contrast, effects of brood size on cooling dynamics are much smaller in species whose nestlings sit alongside each other. The bird carrier should be large enough for your bird to sit or rest in it comfortably so that it doesn't bump its head or tail on the top or bottom. 6.1 (of a hen or other bird) settle on eggs for the purpose of incubating them. don't introduce a new male when the hens are sitting Example sentencesExamples You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs. I don't have much experience of a broody hen sitting on the eggs. I will dust carefully round my sitting hen's eggs so as not to move them. There are now eggs in the nest and she sits there all day. nounPlural sitssɪtsɪt 1A period of sitting. 坐的一段时间 a sit in the shade 坐在阴凉处的一段时间。 Example sentencesExamples Try to do at least one thing different each day - simple things: take a walk or have a sit in the park. Come check it out and play for awhile, or just have a sit in the shade for a bit. 2archaic The way in which an item of clothing fits someone. 〈古〉（衣服的）合身 the sit of her frock 她那合身的连衣裙。 Example sentencesExamples The sit of the collar brought tears into my eyes, sir, when first I saw it. Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats. Usage In sentences such as we were sat there for hours the use of the past participle sat with the verb ‘to be’ is informal and not part of standard English. Originally only in dialect, it is now common in British (though not US) English. Standard English uses the present participle sitting in similar contexts, as in we were sitting there for hours Phrases sit at someone's feet Be someone's pupil or follower. 受教于（或追随）某人，师承（某人） he returned to Venice to sit at the feet of Monteverdi Example sentencesExamples What interesting people have passed them by, or sat at their feet? He is a brilliant communicator, and I'd sit at his feet for many an hour; his enthusiasm is infectious and his knowledge is phenomenal! Anyone would think we weren't here sitting at his feet. Earlier, his audience had sat at his feet, a collection of white - shirted youths all too young to have ever seen him play. Do your students sit at your feet and follow your every word? Is that an ideal relationship? I was ordered to sit at his feet while he lectured me about Zimbabwe. We never sit at their feet and learn from their experiences. I tell the youth that they must respect the elders and try to learn from them by sitting at their feet. I wanted exceedingly to see him, and felt like sitting at his feet, almost as I would at the feet of an apostle, from what I had heard of his success in promoting revivals. Their gift was to leave indelible memories of the beauty of English poetry on all who sat at their feet. sit on one's arse vulgar slang Do nothing; fail to take action. 〈粗俚〉无所事事；不采取行动 sit on one's hands Take no action. 不采取行动 they lost office largely because their traditional supporters sat on their hands and stayed at home Example sentencesExamples But around one quarter sat on their hands, neither applauding nor joining in the booing from a group of about 200 people. Many US traders were sitting on their hands ahead of a key update on the economy by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan this evening. So the fact that they can put out two press releases with identical content about six years apart, tells us that they have been sitting on their hands. So it is not as if anyone has been sitting on their hands in this period of time. ‘The police are not sitting on their hands,’ Mr Sutton said. With a moratorium, we, the good guys, are going to be sitting on our hands. And there's really nothing for Martin to worry about since most of those who would vote against him have even been driven out, have quit the party in frustration, or are quietly sitting on their hands. Personally, I believe some people, British leftists, have been sitting on their hands and not taking a proactive role in fighting terrorism. Most people are sitting on their hands and that is the sensible reaction at this time. The market kicked off the week in a subdued fashion, with few corporate announcements and traders sitting on their hands ahead of a slew of results in the US later this week. sit (heavy) on the stomach (of food) take a long time to be digested. （食物）很难消化 Example sentencesExamples Greasy dumplings can sit heavy on the stomach at 10: 30 am. It tends to sit heavy on the stomach. While it looked like it might sit heavy on the stomach, I was pleasantly surprised how tasty and light it really was. It smells of chemicals, doesn't taste that great, and seems to sit on the stomach. The first two helpings didn't taste like much except vanilla, though silkier, but the ice cream sat heavy on the stomach because of the syrup's sweetness. Salmon baked in tarragon and cray fish tails with basil in filo pastry do not sit on the stomach in the same way as most festive fare. My the dogs gobble them up too quickly and they didn't sit on the stomach well. A little goes a long way and sits heavy on the stomach. sit on someone's tail Drive extremely close behind another vehicle, typically while waiting for a chance to overtake. （尤指等机会超车时）紧跟着前面车辆开车 Example sentencesExamples Williams quickly moved into second and sat on White 's tail to weigh up his options for a lap or two. However, once he passed the furlong marker he started to send out distress signals and the next rider, sitting on his tail, set about taking advantage. We didn't want the filly opening up and going away so the plan was always to sit on her tail and take it to her at the two-furlong pole. He finally reached us and sat on our tail for miles even as we switched lanes. I sat on his tail on the run-up to the pit straight and half way down. However, as the race developed, Faulkner came back into contention and was sitting on Westbrook 's tail with two laps left to run. sit tight 1informal Remain firmly in one's place. 〈非正式〉留在原处等候 this shouldn't take long—just sit tight Example sentencesExamples They assumed that the crowd would sit tight even if the arrangements were not up to the mark. A 24 - HOUR vigil is in place as the Lake District's famous ospreys are sitting tight on newly-laid eggs. Those that did evacuate we ask you just to sit tight. I'll just go take Blake to make arrangements and the rest of you sit tight. Yet, sitting tight for hours, excitement in phases and muggy weather were all worth the effort as Yuveraj Singh ensured everybody went home with a heady feeling. Then I guess you just sit tight with a good book and wait until the electricity goes off and your roof starts coming off. This was a good thirty feet away, and Peter and Julia sat tight, waiting to see what else was happening. Should we sit tight and wait to be rescued - and risk choking on fumes or being crushed in a tunnel collapse? But the elderly man didn't get excited, he sat tight and waited for the emergency crew to reach his home at the top of the village. But, we don't have that control, and apart from securing our homes and having adequate supplies, we just have to sit tight and hope for the best. Synonyms stay put, stay there, wait there, remain in one's place 1.1Refrain from taking action or changing one's mind. 不采取行动；固执己见 we're advising our clients to sit tight and neither to buy nor sell 我们建议客户保持观望，既不买也不卖。 Example sentencesExamples All we can do is sit tight and wait and that is simply making a worrying situation even more difficult. Sometimes you need to sit tight, and wait for it to happen. We called the hospital, and they advised us to sit tight and wait, and call them again if the contractions started happening about once every five minutes. It lost money for the first 15 months but I didn't have the funds to advertise it, so I just had to sit tight and wait for the reputation to build. There is always a risk in these situations that a player will sit tight for the remainder of his contract and still go to one of your rivals free. There is still more to come, but we're sitting tight and waiting for when the time will happen. Despite the impressive performance by the shares, those willing to sit tight should enjoy further rewards as the company remains remarkably good value. Do they have to sit tight and wait for the Philippines to solve it? His outlandish haul of major championships is the product of a cautious approach, a refusal to take risks and a determination to sit tight and wait for others to make mistakes. For the rest, it might be better to sit tight and wait for the industry to pull its finger out. Synonyms take no action, wait, hold back, hang back, be patient, bide one's time, play a waiting game sit up (and take notice) informal Suddenly start paying attention or have one's interest aroused. 〈非正式〉警觉；关注；突然激起兴趣 young people are voting with their feet—employers will have to sit up and take notice Example sentencesExamples Parents say they hope the Department of Education will finally sit up and take notice of them, following Friday's protest. This presence in high profile Silicon Valley suddenly made the world sit up and take notice. But he soon made the fashion world sit up and take notice. Just as happened with the fuel crisis, the Westminster politicians will eventually have to sit up and take notice of Yorkshire's discontent. If only the litter louts would now sit up and take notice. This is exactly the sort of statement that makes a book lover sit up and take notice and it certainly got my attention. And while the result was one the majority of pundits predicted, the Wasps' performance will have caused a few teams to sit up and take notice. There is just something I like about this picture, something that made us sit up and take notice… A surprise move like that could get people to sit up and take notice. The First Minister needs to sit up and take notice. Phrasal Verbs sit back 1Relax. 放松 sit back and enjoy the music 放松听音乐。 Example sentencesExamples On a snowboarding holiday, there's not much opportunity to sit back and relax, however. Once you have eaten so much you can't move an eyelid, it's time to sit back, relax and let someone else do the driving. Limbaugh loves sitting back and relaxing with a cigar. Put on a pot of coffee, dig out the cherry pie and sit back and relax. So, if you are a woman who needs time to be with yourself, sit back, relax, and enjoy these movies. I hated the first one, but decided to sit back, relax and get in touch with my inner angel. With a large family of eleven, Kit had little time to sit back and relax in former years. It is a book that is hard to put down so give yourself plenty of time, sit back, relax and enjoy. All a client has to do is tell me what they want and then sit back and relax. So in preparation for another burst of mindless driving I am going to sit back and relax. Synonyms relax, unwind, lie back, loosen up 1.1Take no action; choose not to become involved. 不采取行动；不参与 I can't just sit back and let Liz get on with it 我不能只坐在一边让利萨去处理此事。 Example sentencesExamples He looks at me and sits back, waiting for the signs of awe to display themselves on my face. Analysts are concerned that the group is sitting back and waiting for the forecast economic recovery rather than cutting costs. Then they just sit back and wait for a reaction from the rest of the users. Yet while all their manager asks them to do is win, the world sits back and waits to be entertained. The drive is now on to sell season tickets for the new term - but I know there are a lot of people sitting back and waiting to see what is about to happen before they make any decisions. God expects that when we pray for something, we should not just sit back and wait for miracles to happen. And I did it by not sitting back and waiting for the school or company to provide me with the requisite classes. They simply sit back and wait and, if a buyer comes along, then they think about moving somewhere else. At the moment it's a case of sitting back and waiting for the outcome to this. Nor are they just sitting back and waiting for the talent to roll in. sit by Take no action in order to prevent something undesirable from occurring. 袖手旁观，无动于衷 I'm not going to sit by and let an innocent man go to jail 我不打算袖手旁观让清白无辜的人坐牢。 Example sentencesExamples What does it say when the Government sits by impotently when a star witness is gunned down in broad daylight on the Bulgarian Supreme Court steps? I was sitting by with the kids as this scene came up, prepared to talk it over with them as necessary. Most of the saner ones from amongst my readers would have realized that I did not sit by all day trying to count all these. Sandler approaches nervously, Nicholson cheers him on, and Graham sits by oblivious. If he sits by and lets martial law happen without objecting strongly, his political career will be over. sit down 1Encamp outside a city in order to besiege it. 〈古〉（扎营于城外以）围困 with a large force he sat down before Ravenna 他率大军围困拉文纳。 Example sentencesExamples William drew from his encampment at Cahirconlish, and, confident, of an easy victory, sat down before Limerick. The Russian army, provided with a full park of artillery for the siege, sat down before it in the middle of May. 2Accept or put up with an unwelcome situation or development. 〈英〉接受；容忍（讨厌的状况或进展） if they think I'm going to sit down under it, they can think again 如果他们认为我将接受这种状况，他们可以再思考一下。 Example sentencesExamples A proposal to shut the public loos in Pewsey is not being taken sitting down by villagers. The result was that this unfortunate person had to sit down under it and do nothing at all. Moved to the bench was something he wasn't about to take sitting down. It is no consolation to Aberdeen that Perth is doing well, and I cannot see Aberdeen "sitting down under it." sit in 1(of a group of people) occupy a place as a form of protest. （人群）静坐示威 students have been sitting in on and off this week Example sentencesExamples Just as we were ready to enter Allen's office to sit-in we learned that he had decided to vote against any more funding for the occupation. We had been condemning segregation verbally for a long time, but we had lent ourselves to it by not sitting in. The next morning Jesse Jackson would come and compare us to young folks sitting in for civil rights for black citizens during his youth. 2Attend a meeting or discussion without taking an active part in it. 不积极地参加（会议，讨论） I sat in on a training session for therapists 我很勉强地参加为治疗师开设的培训课。 Example sentencesExamples The deal was that I'd sit in for three classes and then he could decide if I added value or not. The school was also ranked third in the country when inspectors sat in on lessons. The visiting teachers sat in on lessons and had the chance to talk to both teachers and pupils. Members of the public are always most welcome to sit in on our monthly trust board meetings. Three years ago Camalyn had gone into work with her mother and sat in on one of the anger management classes. The minister then sweeps in and proceeds to sit in on each table's discussion. Because what are they hiding, if they don't want you to sit in on the meetings? Judge Morris allowed the McBrearty family to sit in for two issues that arose in relation to them from Mr Jennings. Synonyms attend, be present at, be an observer at, observe, watch sit in for Temporarily carry out the duties of (another person) 临时行使（别人的）职责 he's sitting in for the regular breakfast show disc jockey Example sentencesExamples Zak Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo Starr, deputises for the late Keith Moon and Pino Palladino sits in for the recently departed bassist John Entwhistle. Tonight, Leeza Gibbons is sitting in for Larry King. I'm Greta Van Susteren, sitting in for Larry, who has the night off. I'm Roger Cossack sitting in for Larry tonight. I'm Kathie Lee Gifford sitting in for Larry King tonight. To thank Laurence for sitting in for me tonight, I made a song for him. Her TV plans also include sitting in for Richard and Judy on their tea-time chat show during their holiday later this month. Mr. Baylos, of course, was ecstatic to find that not only had he finally been booked for the Carson show but that he'd be sitting in for Johnny. I popped into the management offices of the radio station that has (in a moment of barking madness) asked me to sit in for two weeks over Easter on the ‘drivetime’ slot. I'm Jim Clancy, sitting in for Tumi Makgabo this week. Synonyms stand in for, fill in for, take the place of, cover for, substitute for, be a substitute for, act as stand-in for, deputize for sit on 1Fail to deal with. 搁置，拖延 she sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper 她写那篇文章很拖拉，直到截止日期临近，才促使她落笔成文。 Example sentencesExamples There is now enormous choice in the current account market, so there is no excuse to sit on an account which is not offering the best deal. I've been sitting on this story for a week or so, trying to figure out what to do with it. I finally decided to stop sitting on things and threw out my war-torn couch today. The company is regarded as more financially capable than its rival of doing such a deal, but appears happy to sit on its holding. Lucas has been sitting on this basic story idea for well on thirty years now, so how far wrong could he go? 2Subdue (someone), typically by saying something intended to discomfit or embarrass them. （尤指故意说令某人不快或难堪的话来）压制（某人） someone should have sat on him when he was young Example sentencesExamples He bears the imprint of whoever sits on him and the Vice-President really sat on him. My middle son lives with his dad and is 20, but he doesn't give me the time of day, but my youngest is 5 (going on 20) and I have really sat on him hard. 2.1Suppress (something) 压制（某物） I want this story sat on 我想制止这种传闻。 Example sentencesExamples Instead, he intends to sit on his campaign for a month to give it maximum chance of success. Only this time, he knew he was sitting on a deal he could not mention. The press has been restrained in sitting on a story about her family. No longer is it easy for a news organization to sit on a big story and publish it at a set time, when all the dust has settled. This is by no means the only new idea that the company is sitting on, with numerous internet projects up its sleeve. But I find it impossible to sit on a good story, especially if there is money to be made. Synonyms withhold, hide, conceal, keep back, keep secret, keep hidden, keep silent about, keep quiet about, hush up, refuse to disclose, suppress sit something out 1Not take part in a particular event or activity. 不参与某件事或活动 he had to sit out Sheffield Wednesday's UEFA Cup game 他不得不拒绝参加星期三在设菲尔德举行的欧洲联盟杯比赛。 Example sentencesExamples If the instance is bad enough, a player may sit out a game. Some (potential top picks) decide to sit out a game like this and not risk an injury. When a player sits out the entire game, the scene afterwards at home can be pretty ugly. The suspensions range from one to three games, with Wisconsin choosing which players will sit out which games. He has started a record 125 straight games and isn't about to sit one out any time soon. The guy comes back after sitting out several games and immediately starts shooting every time he touches the ball. Each time he has come back this season after sitting out a few games, he has looked unusually active. When Johnson refused to restore Cobb, the players sat out the next game, in Philadelphia. Not wanted to compete against his homeland, Tim Duncan sat out yesterday's game. Let Davis sit out two games for every one he plays. 1.1Wait without moving or taking action until a particular unwelcome situation or process is over. 袖手旁观坐等结束 most of the workers seem to be sitting the crisis out, waiting to see what will happen 大部分工人似乎都在坐等危机结束，等待事态的发展。 Example sentencesExamples After calling his wife he said: ‘All I can do is sit it out and wait until the Tube and buses get going again.’ Overnight a bit of a storm started ripping up and we thought we'd better wait, sit it out here until the storm abates. Hardaway tried to play in January but scored just 39 points in four games before deciding to sit out because of persistent pain in his knee. He appeared in just 22 games, sitting out the final 41 with a strained right rotator cuff. Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats. I thought we could sit it out until it calmed down at home, and we would go back. So, why not sit things out, and wait for the next generation of leaders? The council hopes to sit the strike out until the summer holiday shutdown. ‘It's OK,’ I told myself. ‘I can sit it out until the end of the line.’ Badly swollen, Nadia sat out apparatus after apparatus during team optionals. sit through Stay until the end of (a tedious or lengthy meeting or performance) 挨到（乏味或冗长的会议、表演）结束 the movie is the worst film I have sat through this year Example sentencesExamples I must admit I had a hard time sitting through this movie. Her ex-husband's deceit had been so successful she did not know the full story until she sat through his trial. Once, having sat through a tedious film, I was asked by a Californian market researcher for my response. The only thing worse than sitting through a tedious film is having to analyze and describe the tedium. We sat through enough meetings to know they were getting a raw deal and they hadn't the money or the clout to fight back. She sits through most Council meetings like a rabbit caught in the headlights whilst her deputy tries out his stand-up comic routine. I have sat through several council meetings where cabinet members cannot answer a question about the area they have responsibility for. I was, however, apprehensive at the prospect of sitting through an even lengthier version. So, it was a case of fitting in last minute tweaks on that between editing a mammoth group test and sitting through a planning meeting in the afternoon. People who got on were those who could sit through endless meetings without falling asleep. sit up (or sit someone up) 1Move (or cause someone to move) from a lying or slouching to a sitting position. 坐直；使坐起 Amy sat up and rubbed her eyes 艾米坐了起来，擦了擦眼睛。 I'll sit you up on the pillows 我将放你到枕头上坐直。 Example sentencesExamples Sit on the cushion with it more to your rear than to your front and bring the body to the best possible position, sitting up quite straight. It then occurred to me that maybe Josh was uncomfortable with the position we were in, so I moved to sit up. She walks into the room, and everybody sits up a little straighter and leans forward a little. With a sigh, the stranger walked over toward Kiro and sat her up straight. Somehow she managed to sit him up, propping his back against the rough bark of the oak tree. After another long moment of silence he sat up straighter and moved to stand up. Cole nodded from his position below her and moved to sit up. Then he moves, sitting up on the hammock, and speaking in a commanding and surprisingly powerful voice. The patient is positioned sitting up and leaning forwards over a bed table. When she realized she was home she sat up straighter and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. The men sleeping in the room sat up and moved to make space by the fire for the new arrivals. 2Refrain from going to bed until a later time than usual. 熬夜 we sat up late to watch a horror film 我们看恐怖电影，很晚才睡。 Example sentencesExamples I sat up late last night working on this project for my niece. He sat up late thinking about it and deep in the middle of the night he wrote to me about his feelings. Origin Old English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai. see nest, set Rhymes acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit verb.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of sit in US English: sit verbsitsɪt 1no object Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright. 坐；坐下 you'd better sit down 你最好坐下。 I sat next to him at dinner 在宴席上，我坐在他旁边。 Example sentencesExamples Travelling north to Edinburgh last weekend, I got talking to the rather mumsy woman sitting next to me. A lady sitting at a desk wore an expression that told her to sit down and bide her time, so that was what she did. A soldier sitting at the foot of the bridge pushed himself upright and picked up his musket. She needs special chairs to support her back as she slowly learns to sit upright, as well as sensory equipment and a walker to help her develop. When you are sitting straight with your feet flat on the floor your arms should be at a 90-degree angle when typing on the computer. He sits rather still on his couch, rarely gestures, and speaks in a relaxed yet expressive tone. And everyone who gives is also becoming active in our support, rather than sitting at home frustrated at the media coverage. Janine needed to sit down after taking everything in, so she grabbed a chair and sat next to him. As the man entered through the windows, she changed her position and sat upright on the bed. The design encourages children to sit upright rather than slumped. Many make the pilgrimage to sit worshipfully at his feet. He only shook his head, looking rather pathetic as he sat at the kitchen table. Boyle sits upright, looking askance at my brick-like tape recorder. Make sure you have good back and foot support when you sit. People who need to use a chair for meditation should sit upright with their feet touching the ground. If he is not actually working, he would vastly prefer to putter outside or in a shed rather than to sit about getting under her feet. For a start you're sitting over a foot higher than your neighbour in the regular car. Leo helped me to sit upright on the floor while supporting my back with his elbow. The patient used her arms while sitting to support the weight of the trunk in order to avoid pressure on the sacrum. Eventually she drifts off to sleep and then I can usually sit down, but only by keeping her lying on my chest while I sit there trying not to make any sudden moves. Synonyms take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair 1.1with object Cause (someone) to sit. sit yourself down and I'll bring you some coffee 请坐，我给你端茶。 Example sentencesExamples Walk yourselves down to the nearest theater playing it, sit yourselves down, watch, then get back to me. I sit myself down in one of the filthy corners, making myself comfortable for the short ride. Maybe tomorrow I'll sit myself down and make myself write or perhaps I'll go for a walk with my camera and see if I can find anything. To settle me down, Hank would sit me down for a couple of hours after the game, have a beer and talk baseball. If you're doing nothing towards the goal, you need to sit yourself down and figure out why you're sabotaging your own efforts. Once the brook was in sight, Audrey and Isabella both found large boulders on the bank to sit themselves down on. It is evening and Arthur and Rose sit themselves down at the kitchen table secure in the knowledge that Guy is upstairs with Rikki. Sit your baby on your lap and show him chunky board books that he can safely put in his mouth. She sat the baby on the soft comforter that covered her legs and adjusted herself. Now, sit yourself down and tell us all about your struggles. Having been in the same position for who knows how long, I struggled to sit myself up. A smiling Becky sat the baby bird in the grass in front of the lilacs, and quietly moved away. Ushering us into the dining room, Grandma sat us at the table with Grandpa and herself. But as she sat herself down comfortably, she positioned herself facing the campfire. I waddled over to the chair and managed to sit myself down. But even when I'm not tired, I don't want to sit myself down to meditate, thinking that it takes too long. When she was a baby, I would sit her in my lap and she would watch me play. Just sit yourself down, and I'll bring you some refreshment. Native mothers never sat their babies down long enough to need these items. He pulled the chair back, allowing Altia to sit herself down. 1.2 (of an animal) rest with the hind legs bent and the body close to the ground. （动物）蹲 it is important for a dog to sit when instructed 驯狗让它蹲下是很重要的。 Example sentencesExamples You can always tell where the dog was sitting because there's a dog-shaped spot in the corner without any gold on it. Another sighting was a solo monkey sitting thoughtfully in front of a very old ‘library’ we pass on one of our favorite walks over the ridge. A baboon and a monkey are sitting patiently on a pallet awaiting their lift back to the limelight. A spectral collie dog sits under a particular chair in the office, and at the other end of the room the figure of a man has been seen seated in another chair. A pensioner has been reunited with her disabled pet terrier after thieves stole her car… while the dog sat quietly in the back. On the window sill, a black cat was sitting there, scratching under its ears with its leg in rapid circles. My dog was sitting next to me, waiting for crusts from above while I ate breakfast, and I wondered what he hears when we hear music. My stepson's cat sits beside me in my study as I write, apparently content with some sort of human company. Ariyah looked to see a large black-and-white cat sitting under a bush. But the creatures did not sit to look around in wonder as Rabbit had. I arrive home and am heartened by the sight of my dog sitting patiently in front of the gates awaiting my arrival. Each human had a dog sitting next to them and each plate had a devil's face made of meat. And there was the cat sitting beside the hearth playing with tin soldiers and a toy cannon. I couldn't help but to notice a small, dirty tabby cat sitting attentively by a wooden leg of a jewellery stand. And all the older monkeys are just sitting there and taking it easy. The dog sat stiffly next to Mr. Dawson's chair and now carefully watched the group. Ken spots a rat sitting comfortably on the shelf, then watches it scurry behind a toaster oven. The wolf just sat there and tilted its head with an inquisitive whimper. As he started the car and drove down the road that led from the station Jess glanced at the dog sitting beside him. The wolf sitting silently beside him in the passenger's seat yawned, snapping her jaws. 1.3with object Ride or keep one's seat on (a horse). 骑（马） Example sentencesExamples He rode on, sitting the tractor as if it were a horse, and canted a parasol to deflect the cruellest and most direct of the sun's rays. His son was still unconscious, but he wasn't so badly wounded that he couldn't sit a horse as long as someone held him there. Since he was old enough to sit a horse, Mike worked to reduce it. If you attempt to mount her or ride her in a tense filled mind and body - she will feel it the minute you sit the saddle. Gwern was sitting his horse close by her, surrounded by his personal bodyguard. The horseman was older than Bahzell had assumed from his voice and the way he sat his horse. The rider on the bay horse sat the saddle just like Ben Cartwright's oldest boy. It was the only way they would get him to sit his horse for the ride home. The South Carolina general sat his horse, chewing manically on his cigar. They only sat their horses or stood there, gazing up at the temple as if they were afraid to break some magical spell. 1.4with object (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people) （桌子、房间或建筑物）容纳（特定的人数坐） the cathedral sat about 3,000 people 这个小教堂可容纳约3，000人。 Example sentencesExamples Each table could sit anything from four to eight people. It looks like something out of a child's toy box: the old carriages are made of wood, painted a faded kingfisher blue, and they sit only ten people each. The hall sits 2000. There was a large oval shaped table in the center of the room, sitting a round number of twelve. The hall sits 18,000 people; the ticket price varies from $100 to $500. Synonyms hold, seat, have seats for, have space for, have room for, accommodate, take 1.5sit for Pose, typically in a seated position, for (an artist or photographer) 为（艺术家，摄影师）摆好姿势（尤指坐姿） Walter Deverell asked her to sit for him 华尔特·德弗罗请她做他的模特。 Example sentencesExamples The worst spoon-feeding comes late in the film, as Elise sits for a photograph. When they were first married, Christopher's aunt had insisted that they sit for a portrait. During this period, sitting for a photograph had a certain formality. Daniel Rowland was a self-effacing man, who only once consented to sit for his portrait. East Riding Council is looking for a man or woman born before 1901, who would agree to sit for photographer Ian Beesley. British sculptor Ian Walters will make the statue, and Mandela has agreed to sit for him, organisers said. Artists are also likely to make the portraits of important people look much more handsome than they really are to flatter the person sitting for a portrait. On September 10, 1665, during a sitting for his bust, the king got up to check on the likeness. He also sat for students at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana. When sitting for his portrait, Oliver Cromwell ordered his portraitist, who wanted to pretty Cromwell up, to paint him ‘warts and all.’ One recalls Roland Barthes's formulation of photographic exposure of being posed in exteriority and becoming a specter in sitting for a photograph. It was the subjects who served the artist by agreeing to sit for him. One hundred and five years after they sat for the photographer we are connected. The heavy, slow equipment used in photography's first era made having a picture taken almost as demanding as sitting for a painter. A request was made that the entire squadron sit for individual portraits. In both the 1901 and the 1888 works, the sunflowers are displayed on the seat of a chair, as if they had the status of a human sitting for a portrait. The Victorians hid their rotten teeth when sitting for portraits and photographs. It was the first time he sat for a formal portrait. One day the husband of a woman who was sitting for a portrait by Picasso dropped in on the artist at his studio. Few individuals in a century of heavy taxation have the wealth to support the arts but royalty still sits for portraits, even if the commissioning organization pays the artist. Synonyms pose, model 1.6North American with object Not use (a player) in a game. 〈北美〉（比赛）不用（某选手），让（某运动员）坐冷板凳 the manager must decide who to sit in the World Series 经理必须决定谁将不参加世界系列赛。 Example sentencesExamples I'd sit Antowain Smith for a game or two if I were Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, which I'm not. Chris and I were unaware that Robinson had commented before the game that he was going to sit his regulars for much of the rest of the way, but this was ridiculous. They're playing for a new coach, an old-school coach who'll sit you down if you don't play the game right. The Royals recently demoted Berroa to Class AA, and the Indians sat Gerut for five games. At some point, the Giants may ultimately decide that sitting Shockey is best. Lightning G.M. Jay Feaster's ultimatum in the off season was that if a player didn't sign, he'd make them sit the whole season. Coach Billy Donovan was not going to sit rookie sensation Matt Walsh or anybody else on his hot team and disturb the outstanding chemistry. He'll sit a hot player like SF Marcus Fizer or PG A.J. Guyton for whole quarters despite the fact they are hot. 2Be or remain in a particular position or state. 处于；保持（某种位置或状态）；搁置 the fridge was sitting in a pool of water 冰箱搁置在一摊水中。 Example sentencesExamples A family of life-size stone monkeys sit beside them; nearby graze deer while a cow is being milked as its licks its calf. On the table sits a birthday cake with one slice missing. On the table sits a big bowl of almonds picked from the Gibsons' own tree. In the center of the room sat a large table, with only two chairs at it. Revelin Moss sits at the foot of Grisedale Pike about 300m above sea level. In the center, filling the room, sat a long table surrounded by chairs. A mixture of tension, anger and fear has gripped the Pakistan north-west frontier town of Peshawar, which sits at the foot of the Khyber Pass leading into Afghanistan. Resting unattended on the bench of a nearby picnic table sat a large, ripe watermelon. Below that sits a similarly positioned on/off key, two fast access buttons - pre-set to run the diary and address book apps - and up and down scroll buttons. To the right of the throne room, two small buildings sit side by side. On the coffee table sat a plate of crackers with a limp fan of cheese. At the head of the coffee table sat a respectable looking gentleman, thinning hair combed over his bald spot. On an altar in the room sits a figure of the Buddha. At the bar sat a lone figure wearing a brown leather jacket over a black flight suit. In the center of the dining room sits a marble table surrounded by four leather chairs. Across the table sits the woman, clearly not thrilled. In place of the utility room sit a miniature family room and dining area. In another room down the hall from the locker room, sat many figures. Out on the patio table sat a tape recorder, a notebook, and the evaluation forms. Behind pocket doors, the formal dining room table sits near one of three fireplaces. Synonyms be situated, be located, be positioned, be sited, be placed, perch, rest, stand 2.1with adverbial (of an item of clothing) fit a person well or badly as specified. （衣服）合身，适合 the blue uniform sat well on his big frame 这套蓝制服很适合他这个大个头。 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes, a person dressed in the most expensive clothes can look like a fish out of water because his clothes do not sit well on him. We'd black berets that wouldn't sit right and black boots rich with dust and hungry for polish. He was tall and lean; his dark-gray suit of military cut did not sit well on him. 2.2sit with Be harmonious with. 与…保持和谐 his shyness doesn't sit easily with Hollywood tradition 他的腼腆不易与好莱坞的传统保持和谐。 Example sentencesExamples You know, drawing the analogy between men and dogs doesn't sit too well with them. That sits well with the yacht race, representing one of mankind's cleanest pursuits. It sits rather uncomfortably between two camps: too childish for most adults, yet too gruesome for most children. This sits badly with the Act assertion that all data be ‘obtained fairly’. Canberra's policies do not sit easily with many members with long memories. Second, even if it were simply a human inability to measure, this sits badly with the kind of certainty required. Its aristocratic tendencies sit badly with the meritocratic facts of Scottish life. Though that latter example sits badly with the Open Source crowd, it's born of the natural tendency of computer engineers to focus on the means rather than the end. But this sits badly with a company which is losing money and sales in millions and thousands respectively. Synonyms be harmonious, go, fit in, harmonize, mesh 3no object (of a legislature, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business. （议会、委员会、法庭等）开会，开庭 Congress continued sitting until March 16 议会一直开到3月16日。 Example sentencesExamples As a result, parliament has sat only twice since the election and the next meeting has been set for July 20. In the meantime there is nothing I can say on the whole saga until the ethics committee sits. We have now been told that it will be next week when Parliament is not sitting. The Senate is due to debate the bill when Federal Parliament sits later this month. The court sits at Parliament House in Edinburgh and there is no appeal in criminal matters to the House of Lords at Westminster. The court may sit at any place (either within or outside the State). Adjournments of the Houses of Parliament take place all the time when Parliament is sitting. In May of this year the Crown Court was sitting there. So it was in Perth and Inverness and every country town where the high court sat. And even at that, there is no guarantee that the District Court will sit there again. The medieval parliament and king's court often sat under its carved angels and it was from here that the kingdom was ruled. As your Honours know, the New South Wales Supreme Court has sat overseas on a number of recent occasions. Future Legislative Assemblies, as the successors to the Constituent were to be called, were to contain 745 seats and sit for two years. This Court does not sit as an ordinary Court of Criminal Appeal hearing appeals against convictions and sentences. The governor general will announce at a later date when parliament will sit to choose a new prime minister. It meets at 8.30 in the morning on a Wednesday, almost every week that Parliament is sitting. In 1644 he was appointed by the king as commissioner of excise in Lichfield, which led to him to Oxford where the Royalist parliament sat. The European Parliament sits at exactly the same time as the Dáil on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. But it is a question of fact as to whether or not there was a miscarriage of justice. This Court does not sit as a Court of Criminal Appeal. The Parliament is sitting again this week, with the Senate holding Estimates Committee hearings. Synonyms meet, assemble, convene, be in session 3.1 Serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body. （在委员会、陪审团或其他官方机构中）占有一席，担任职务 they were determined that women jurists should sit on the tribunal 他们坚决认为女法学家应在法庭上占有席位。 Example sentencesExamples Big money, however, cares a great deal about who sits on the nation's 13 federal circuit courts. District council deputy leader Chris Humphries from Aldbourne is one of the few councillors who sits as a member of all three local authorities at parish, district and county level. What has happened is that with the Criminal Code Act 1995 it is now not safe for any justice to sit alone without a jury. The judge, sitting with two magistrates, had been told the Crown did not oppose the appeal. This is a decision of the Full Court. It is binding on all judges of the Federal Court sitting at first instance. In 1990 he had to resign as a councillor for Bowling when new rules were introduced preventing paid council officers sitting as elected members. I speak on behalf of my colleague who sits on the select committee that dealt with this bill. He wondered whether the BBC board members had not sat since the last mandatory title fight in December last year. Judge Linda Sutcliffe, sitting with two magistrates, agreed to overturn the ban. Would you have been happy sitting on the jury that found the above three guilty as charged and therefore sentenced to death? This will be the last occasion on which Justice Gaudron will sit as a member of the Court. Zimbabwe has no jury system and cases are routinely tried by a judge sitting with two lay assessors. The existing position is that specially trained panels of medical and lay people, on which GMC council members no longer sit, make final decisions on fitness to practise. Let us imagine David Benson-Pope sitting as a member on that council. This means that the Member must not sit as part of the sub-committee, but must also not attend the hearing in any case. Its members sit for five years, except for student representatives who hold their positions for one year. And they spend at least ten days sitting with mentor magistrates on a broad variety of cases. A judge sitting without a jury would fall short of his duty if he did not first find the facts and then draw from them the inference of fact whether or not the defendant had been negligent. As for the idea of them standing for the council or sitting on a Community Association Committee well you must be joking. What we have to remember is that, as skeptics, our role is not necessarily well served by sitting as judge and jury. Synonyms serve on, have a seat on, hold a seat on, be a member of, carry out duties on, work on 4British with object Take (an examination) 〈英〉参加（考试） pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE 学生们需要参加普通中等教育证书的九门科目考试。 no object he was about to sit for his Cambridge entrance exam 他将要参加剑桥大学入学考试。 Example sentencesExamples Increasingly, students are sitting final examinations up to six months before they qualify. It is absolutely essential that by the time you come to sit your final examination in economics, that you are fully aware of the pitfalls that lie in wait. However, the candidates sat the examination in different cities. So sitting an examination with glasses seems an accurate way of assessing their eligibility for the job. He sat the entrance examinations for Grammar School but did not gain admission, so he went to Derby Central School. Under the program, five individuals are selected each year to receive a free sitting for the CPF exam and a complete set of PPFA-recommended exam source materials. There were a large number of A's in each of the three science subjects and everyone who sat the biology examination got an honour. This means that of every 50 art students sitting for the examination, 49 will fail. Turing sat the scholarship examinations in 1929 and won an exhibition, but not a scholarship. In music, composition students sat a preliminary examination consisting of a fugue and a short choral piece. 5no object, in combination Stay in someone's house while they are away and look after their house or pet. 代人照看（宠物） Kelly had been cat-sitting for me 弗纳拉一直在代我照看猫。参见BABYSIT。 Example sentencesExamples They're really well-behaved too and were a joy to puppy-sit. We arranged for the ducks and Gordon the goat to be fed and kept an eye on, and some friends offered to dog-sit Milo for the weekend. I'm poodle-sitting for my grandfather this week. I was first given a job in a learning centre by a woman I used to cat-sit for. If you are without a furry companion, offer to dog-sit for a friend or family member. At one point they even agreed to cat-sit for a few weeks to get a roof over their heads. As it turns out, they had been calling the ISDN line at home, not having realised I'm cat-sitting. I plan to spend Labor Day weekend bunny-sitting for Katy. The girls have weeded a neighbor's yard, done some dog sitting and worked at extra chores around home. I will be house and dog sitting again for the rest of the weekend, so I don't know how much I will be able to check emails. 5.1 Babysit. Example sentencesExamples Discuss any rules with the sitter before they agree to sit for you. Incredibly, no one in New York ever checked my references before hiring me to sit. 6(of a bird) rest on a branch; perch. （鸟）停落；栖息 Example sentencesExamples In contrast, effects of brood size on cooling dynamics are much smaller in species whose nestlings sit alongside each other. A golden bird sang a melodious song as it sat, perched in a glittering green tree. The bird carrier should be large enough for your bird to sit or rest in it comfortably so that it doesn't bump its head or tail on the top or bottom. A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests. Two sea eagles sit hunched on a branch, their expressions indicating distaste. 6.1 (of a hen or other bird) settle on eggs for the purpose of incubating them. don't introduce a new male when the hens are sitting Example sentencesExamples I don't have much experience of a broody hen sitting on the eggs. I will dust carefully round my sitting hen's eggs so as not to move them. You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs. There are now eggs in the nest and she sits there all day. nounsitsɪt 1A period of sitting. 坐的一段时间 a sit in the shade 坐在阴凉处的一段时间。 Example sentencesExamples Come check it out and play for awhile, or just have a sit in the shade for a bit. Try to do at least one thing different each day - simple things: take a walk or have a sit in the park. 2archaic The way in which an item of clothing fits someone. 〈古〉（衣服的）合身 the sit of her gown 她那合身的连衣裙。 Example sentencesExamples The sit of the collar brought tears into my eyes, sir, when first I saw it. Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats. Usage For guidance on the differences between sit and set, see set Phrases sit at someone's feet Be someone's student or follower. 受教于（或追随）某人，师承（某人） Example sentencesExamples Their gift was to leave indelible memories of the beauty of English poetry on all who sat at their feet. What interesting people have passed them by, or sat at their feet? He is a brilliant communicator, and I'd sit at his feet for many an hour; his enthusiasm is infectious and his knowledge is phenomenal! I wanted exceedingly to see him, and felt like sitting at his feet, almost as I would at the feet of an apostle, from what I had heard of his success in promoting revivals. I tell the youth that they must respect the elders and try to learn from them by sitting at their feet. Anyone would think we weren't here sitting at his feet. Earlier, his audience had sat at his feet, a collection of white - shirted youths all too young to have ever seen him play. I was ordered to sit at his feet while he lectured me about Zimbabwe. We never sit at their feet and learn from their experiences. Do your students sit at your feet and follow your every word? Is that an ideal relationship? sit on one's hands Take no action. 不采取行动 Example sentencesExamples With a moratorium, we, the good guys, are going to be sitting on our hands. So it is not as if anyone has been sitting on their hands in this period of time. And there's really nothing for Martin to worry about since most of those who would vote against him have even been driven out, have quit the party in frustration, or are quietly sitting on their hands. The market kicked off the week in a subdued fashion, with few corporate announcements and traders sitting on their hands ahead of a slew of results in the US later this week. So the fact that they can put out two press releases with identical content about six years apart, tells us that they have been sitting on their hands. Many US traders were sitting on their hands ahead of a key update on the economy by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan this evening. But around one quarter sat on their hands, neither applauding nor joining in the booing from a group of about 200 people. Most people are sitting on their hands and that is the sensible reaction at this time. Personally, I believe some people, British leftists, have been sitting on their hands and not taking a proactive role in fighting terrorism. ‘The police are not sitting on their hands,’ Mr Sutton said. sit (heavy) on the stomach (of food) take a long time to be digested. （食物）很难消化 Example sentencesExamples It tends to sit heavy on the stomach. Greasy dumplings can sit heavy on the stomach at 10: 30 am. While it looked like it might sit heavy on the stomach, I was pleasantly surprised how tasty and light it really was. The first two helpings didn't taste like much except vanilla, though silkier, but the ice cream sat heavy on the stomach because of the syrup's sweetness. It smells of chemicals, doesn't taste that great, and seems to sit on the stomach. Salmon baked in tarragon and cray fish tails with basil in filo pastry do not sit on the stomach in the same way as most festive fare. A little goes a long way and sits heavy on the stomach. My the dogs gobble them up too quickly and they didn't sit on the stomach well. sit tight 1informal Remain firmly in one's place. 〈非正式〉留在原处等候 Example sentencesExamples They assumed that the crowd would sit tight even if the arrangements were not up to the mark. But, we don't have that control, and apart from securing our homes and having adequate supplies, we just have to sit tight and hope for the best. But the elderly man didn't get excited, he sat tight and waited for the emergency crew to reach his home at the top of the village. I'll just go take Blake to make arrangements and the rest of you sit tight. This was a good thirty feet away, and Peter and Julia sat tight, waiting to see what else was happening. Should we sit tight and wait to be rescued - and risk choking on fumes or being crushed in a tunnel collapse? A 24 - HOUR vigil is in place as the Lake District's famous ospreys are sitting tight on newly-laid eggs. Those that did evacuate we ask you just to sit tight. Then I guess you just sit tight with a good book and wait until the electricity goes off and your roof starts coming off. Yet, sitting tight for hours, excitement in phases and muggy weather were all worth the effort as Yuveraj Singh ensured everybody went home with a heady feeling. Synonyms stay put, stay there, wait there, remain in one's place 1.1Refrain from taking action or changing one's mind. 不采取行动；固执己见 we're advising our clients to sit tight and neither to buy nor sell 我们建议客户保持观望，既不买也不卖。 Example sentencesExamples We called the hospital, and they advised us to sit tight and wait, and call them again if the contractions started happening about once every five minutes. For the rest, it might be better to sit tight and wait for the industry to pull its finger out. Do they have to sit tight and wait for the Philippines to solve it? There is still more to come, but we're sitting tight and waiting for when the time will happen. His outlandish haul of major championships is the product of a cautious approach, a refusal to take risks and a determination to sit tight and wait for others to make mistakes. Sometimes you need to sit tight, and wait for it to happen. It lost money for the first 15 months but I didn't have the funds to advertise it, so I just had to sit tight and wait for the reputation to build. There is always a risk in these situations that a player will sit tight for the remainder of his contract and still go to one of your rivals free. All we can do is sit tight and wait and that is simply making a worrying situation even more difficult. Despite the impressive performance by the shares, those willing to sit tight should enjoy further rewards as the company remains remarkably good value. Synonyms take no action, wait, hold back, hang back, be patient, bide one's time, play a waiting game sit up (and take notice) informal Suddenly start paying attention or have one's interest aroused. 〈非正式〉警觉；关注；突然激起兴趣 Example sentencesExamples But he soon made the fashion world sit up and take notice. And while the result was one the majority of pundits predicted, the Wasps' performance will have caused a few teams to sit up and take notice. If only the litter louts would now sit up and take notice. This presence in high profile Silicon Valley suddenly made the world sit up and take notice. Just as happened with the fuel crisis, the Westminster politicians will eventually have to sit up and take notice of Yorkshire's discontent. This is exactly the sort of statement that makes a book lover sit up and take notice and it certainly got my attention. There is just something I like about this picture, something that made us sit up and take notice… The First Minister needs to sit up and take notice. A surprise move like that could get people to sit up and take notice. Parents say they hope the Department of Education will finally sit up and take notice of them, following Friday's protest. sit on one's ass vulgar slang Do nothing; fail to take action. 〈粗俚〉无所事事；不采取行动 Phrasal Verbs sit back 1Relax. 放松 sit back and enjoy the music 放松听音乐。 Example sentencesExamples It is a book that is hard to put down so give yourself plenty of time, sit back, relax and enjoy. With a large family of eleven, Kit had little time to sit back and relax in former years. Limbaugh loves sitting back and relaxing with a cigar. Put on a pot of coffee, dig out the cherry pie and sit back and relax. So, if you are a woman who needs time to be with yourself, sit back, relax, and enjoy these movies. On a snowboarding holiday, there's not much opportunity to sit back and relax, however. All a client has to do is tell me what they want and then sit back and relax. Once you have eaten so much you can't move an eyelid, it's time to sit back, relax and let someone else do the driving. I hated the first one, but decided to sit back, relax and get in touch with my inner angel. So in preparation for another burst of mindless driving I am going to sit back and relax. Synonyms relax, unwind, lie back, loosen up 1.1Take no action; choose not to become involved. 不采取行动；不参与 I can't just sit back and let Betsy do all the work 我不能只坐在一边让利萨去处理此事。 Example sentencesExamples At the moment it's a case of sitting back and waiting for the outcome to this. Nor are they just sitting back and waiting for the talent to roll in. Analysts are concerned that the group is sitting back and waiting for the forecast economic recovery rather than cutting costs. And I did it by not sitting back and waiting for the school or company to provide me with the requisite classes. Yet while all their manager asks them to do is win, the world sits back and waits to be entertained. God expects that when we pray for something, we should not just sit back and wait for miracles to happen. They simply sit back and wait and, if a buyer comes along, then they think about moving somewhere else. The drive is now on to sell season tickets for the new term - but I know there are a lot of people sitting back and waiting to see what is about to happen before they make any decisions. He looks at me and sits back, waiting for the signs of awe to display themselves on my face. Then they just sit back and wait for a reaction from the rest of the users. sit by Take no action in order to prevent something undesirable from occurring. 袖手旁观，无动于衷 I'm not going to sit by and let an innocent man go to jail 我不打算袖手旁观让清白无辜的人坐牢。 Example sentencesExamples Most of the saner ones from amongst my readers would have realized that I did not sit by all day trying to count all these. I was sitting by with the kids as this scene came up, prepared to talk it over with them as necessary. Sandler approaches nervously, Nicholson cheers him on, and Graham sits by oblivious. What does it say when the Government sits by impotently when a star witness is gunned down in broad daylight on the Bulgarian Supreme Court steps? If he sits by and lets martial law happen without objecting strongly, his political career will be over. sit down Encamp outside a city in order to besiege it. 〈古〉（扎营于城外以）围困 with a large force he sat down before Ravenna 他率大军围困拉文纳。 Example sentencesExamples The Russian army, provided with a full park of artillery for the siege, sat down before it in the middle of May. William drew from his encampment at Cahirconlish, and, confident, of an easy victory, sat down before Limerick. sit in 1(of a group of people) occupy a place as a form of protest. （人群）静坐示威 Example sentencesExamples The next morning Jesse Jackson would come and compare us to young folks sitting in for civil rights for black citizens during his youth. Just as we were ready to enter Allen's office to sit-in we learned that he had decided to vote against any more funding for the occupation. We had been condemning segregation verbally for a long time, but we had lent ourselves to it by not sitting in. 2Attend a meeting or discussion without taking an active part in it. 不积极地参加（会议，讨论） I sat in on a training session for therapists 我很勉强地参加为治疗师开设的培训课。 Example sentencesExamples The school was also ranked third in the country when inspectors sat in on lessons. The minister then sweeps in and proceeds to sit in on each table's discussion. Judge Morris allowed the McBrearty family to sit in for two issues that arose in relation to them from Mr Jennings. The visiting teachers sat in on lessons and had the chance to talk to both teachers and pupils. Because what are they hiding, if they don't want you to sit in on the meetings? Three years ago Camalyn had gone into work with her mother and sat in on one of the anger management classes. Members of the public are always most welcome to sit in on our monthly trust board meetings. The deal was that I'd sit in for three classes and then he could decide if I added value or not. Synonyms attend, be present at, be an observer at, observe, watch sit in for Temporarily carry out the duties of (another person). 临时行使（别人的）职责 Example sentencesExamples Tonight, Leeza Gibbons is sitting in for Larry King. I'm Jim Clancy, sitting in for Tumi Makgabo this week. Zak Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo Starr, deputises for the late Keith Moon and Pino Palladino sits in for the recently departed bassist John Entwhistle. I popped into the management offices of the radio station that has (in a moment of barking madness) asked me to sit in for two weeks over Easter on the ‘drivetime’ slot. I'm Greta Van Susteren, sitting in for Larry, who has the night off. I'm Kathie Lee Gifford sitting in for Larry King tonight. Mr. Baylos, of course, was ecstatic to find that not only had he finally been booked for the Carson show but that he'd be sitting in for Johnny. Her TV plans also include sitting in for Richard and Judy on their tea-time chat show during their holiday later this month. I'm Roger Cossack sitting in for Larry tonight. To thank Laurence for sitting in for me tonight, I made a song for him. Synonyms stand in for, fill in for, take the place of, cover for, substitute for, be a substitute for, act as stand-in for, deputize for sit on 1Fail to deal with. 搁置，拖延 she sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper 她写那篇文章很拖拉，直到截止日期临近，才促使她落笔成文。 Example sentencesExamples The company is regarded as more financially capable than its rival of doing such a deal, but appears happy to sit on its holding. I've been sitting on this story for a week or so, trying to figure out what to do with it. Lucas has been sitting on this basic story idea for well on thirty years now, so how far wrong could he go? I finally decided to stop sitting on things and threw out my war-torn couch today. There is now enormous choice in the current account market, so there is no excuse to sit on an account which is not offering the best deal. 2Subdue (someone), typically by saying something intended to discomfit or embarrass them. （尤指故意说令某人不快或难堪的话来）压制（某人） Example sentencesExamples My middle son lives with his dad and is 20, but he doesn't give me the time of day, but my youngest is 5 (going on 20) and I have really sat on him hard. He bears the imprint of whoever sits on him and the Vice-President really sat on him. 2.1Suppress (something) 压制（某物） tell them to sit on this story until we hear from Quinlan Example sentencesExamples This is by no means the only new idea that the company is sitting on, with numerous internet projects up its sleeve. Only this time, he knew he was sitting on a deal he could not mention. Instead, he intends to sit on his campaign for a month to give it maximum chance of success. The press has been restrained in sitting on a story about her family. No longer is it easy for a news organization to sit on a big story and publish it at a set time, when all the dust has settled. But I find it impossible to sit on a good story, especially if there is money to be made. Synonyms withhold, hide, conceal, keep back, keep secret, keep hidden, keep silent about, keep quiet about, hush up, refuse to disclose, suppress sit something out 1Not take part in a particular event or activity. 不参与某件事或活动 he had to sit out the first playoff game Example sentencesExamples He has started a record 125 straight games and isn't about to sit one out any time soon. Not wanted to compete against his homeland, Tim Duncan sat out yesterday's game. When Johnson refused to restore Cobb, the players sat out the next game, in Philadelphia. The suspensions range from one to three games, with Wisconsin choosing which players will sit out which games. When a player sits out the entire game, the scene afterwards at home can be pretty ugly. Each time he has come back this season after sitting out a few games, he has looked unusually active. Let Davis sit out two games for every one he plays. The guy comes back after sitting out several games and immediately starts shooting every time he touches the ball. Some (potential top picks) decide to sit out a game like this and not risk an injury. If the instance is bad enough, a player may sit out a game. 1.1Wait without moving or taking action until a particular unwelcome situation or process is over. 袖手旁观坐等结束 most of the workers seem to be sitting the crisis out, waiting to see what will happen 大部分工人似乎都在坐等危机结束，等待事态的发展。 Example sentencesExamples The council hopes to sit the strike out until the summer holiday shutdown. After calling his wife he said: ‘All I can do is sit it out and wait until the Tube and buses get going again.’ Hardaway tried to play in January but scored just 39 points in four games before deciding to sit out because of persistent pain in his knee. Badly swollen, Nadia sat out apparatus after apparatus during team optionals. He appeared in just 22 games, sitting out the final 41 with a strained right rotator cuff. So, why not sit things out, and wait for the next generation of leaders? I thought we could sit it out until it calmed down at home, and we would go back. Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats. Overnight a bit of a storm started ripping up and we thought we'd better wait, sit it out here until the storm abates. ‘It's OK,’ I told myself. ‘I can sit it out until the end of the line.’ sit through Stay until the end of (a tedious or lengthy meeting or performance). 挨到（乏味或冗长的会议、表演）结束 Example sentencesExamples I was, however, apprehensive at the prospect of sitting through an even lengthier version. We sat through enough meetings to know they were getting a raw deal and they hadn't the money or the clout to fight back. The only thing worse than sitting through a tedious film is having to analyze and describe the tedium. She sits through most Council meetings like a rabbit caught in the headlights whilst her deputy tries out his stand-up comic routine. I must admit I had a hard time sitting through this movie. Her ex-husband's deceit had been so successful she did not know the full story until she sat through his trial. So, it was a case of fitting in last minute tweaks on that between editing a mammoth group test and sitting through a planning meeting in the afternoon. Once, having sat through a tedious film, I was asked by a Californian market researcher for my response. I have sat through several council meetings where cabinet members cannot answer a question about the area they have responsibility for. People who got on were those who could sit through endless meetings without falling asleep. sit up (or sit someone up) 1Move (or cause someone to move) from a lying or slouching to a sitting position. 坐直；使坐起 Amy sat up and rubbed her eyes 艾米坐了起来，擦了擦眼睛。 I'll sit you up on the pillows 我将放你到枕头上坐直。 Example sentencesExamples She walks into the room, and everybody sits up a little straighter and leans forward a little. The patient is positioned sitting up and leaning forwards over a bed table. Cole nodded from his position below her and moved to sit up. Sit on the cushion with it more to your rear than to your front and bring the body to the best possible position, sitting up quite straight. Then he moves, sitting up on the hammock, and speaking in a commanding and surprisingly powerful voice. With a sigh, the stranger walked over toward Kiro and sat her up straight. When she realized she was home she sat up straighter and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. The men sleeping in the room sat up and moved to make space by the fire for the new arrivals. Somehow she managed to sit him up, propping his back against the rough bark of the oak tree. After another long moment of silence he sat up straighter and moved to stand up. It then occurred to me that maybe Josh was uncomfortable with the position we were in, so I moved to sit up. 2Refrain from going to bed until a later time than usual. 熬夜 we sat up late to watch a horror film 我们看恐怖电影，很晚才睡。 Example sentencesExamples I sat up late last night working on this project for my niece. He sat up late thinking about it and deep in the middle of the night he wrote to me about his feelings. Origin Old English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai. verb.1 phr. phr.v.
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