1. 坐
If you are sitting somewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright.
e.g. Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen...
妈妈坐在厨房里的椅子上。
e.g. They sat there in shock and disbelief...
他们吃惊地坐在那里,不敢相信这是真的。
2. 就座;坐下
When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something.
e.g. He set the cases against a wall and sat on them...
他把箱子靠墙放好,然后坐在上面。
e.g. Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband...
伊娃拽过一把椅子,坐到丈夫的身边。
3. 使坐下;使就座
If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position.
e.g. He used to sit me on his lap...
他过去常常让我坐在他的腿上。
e.g. He'll sit you in front of his computer and give you a glimpse of the problem.
他会让你坐到电脑前,大致了解一下这个问题。
4. 坐着让人画像(或照相)
If you sit for an artist or photographer, you place yourself in a sitting position so you can be painted or photographed.
e.g. A person may well have been sitting for the artist for eight hours at a stretch.
为了让画家给自己画像,一个人很有可能连续坐上 8 个钟头。
5. 参加(考试)
If you sit an examination, you do it.
e.g. June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams.
6 月和 7 月是传统的考试月份。
in AM, use 美国英语用 take
6.
7. 作为…的成员
If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it.
sit的翻译
e.g. He was asked to sit on numerous committees...
他受邀担任过许多委员会的委员。
e.g. I know of no professional person who has ever sat on a jury...
据我所知,陪审团的成员中从未有过专业人员。
8. (议会)开会;(法院)开庭
When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body sits, it officially carries out its work.
e.g. Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52...
在一年 52 周当中只有 28 周是议会开会的时间。
e.g. The court would sit all night.
法庭将要通宵庭审。
9. 位于;坐落在
If a building or object sits in a particular place, it is in that place.
e.g. Our new house sat next to a stream...
我们的新房子坐落在一条小溪旁。
e.g. On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles.
桌上有一只用珠子串成的小三角形作装饰的盒子。
10. 代人临时照看小孩;当临时保姆
To sit for someone means the same as to babysit for them.
e.g. I've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday.
我已经拜托妈妈下周六为我们临时照看一下孩子。
11. see also: sitting
12. 呆在原处不动;不轻举妄动
If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen.
e.g. Sit tight. I'll be right back...
你留在这儿别动,我马上就回来。
e.g. Life would continue to be hard but if they sat tight and trusted him things would get better.
生活依然会很艰辛,但是如果他们能静观其变,并且信任他,一切会慢慢好起来的。
相关词组:sit aroundsit backsit bysit downsit in onsit onsit outsit throughsit up