"The object sat in the corner"
"We sat around chatting for another hour"
"When does the court of law sit?"
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
"She never sat a horse!"
"Did you ever ride a camel?"
"The girl liked to drive the young mare"
"The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"
"I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"
"The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
"the priest sat for confession"
"she sat on the jury"
I wish I could just sit about and dream.
我要是能闲坐着做梦该多好。
The children sat about on the grass.
孩子们都闲坐在草地上。
He just sits around and does nothing all day.
他整天闲坐无所事事。
Most people in this office just sit around with nothing to do.
这办公室里的大多数人都坐在那儿无事可做。
They seemed to spend most of their time sitting around in bars.
他们似乎花了大部分时间在酒吧里闲坐。
I got tired of sitting around waiting, so I went home.
我懒得坐着空等,所以我就回家了。
He sat at his desk working.
他坐在办公桌旁工作。
The child is not big enough to sit at table yet.
那孩子还小,不能上桌吃饭。
He came over and sat beside me.
他走过来坐在我旁边。
Don't just sit by while the other children are all busy.
别的孩子都忙着,你不要闲着袖手旁观。
We sat by the fire and chatted.
我们坐在炉火旁聊天。
She set the table and the two of them sat by the stove to enjoy a good hot meal together.
她摆好桌子,两人就围着火炉吃起热腾腾的饭来。
Ask them to sit down.
让他们坐下。
After standing for so long, it was a pleasure to sit down and rest.
站了那么久以后坐下来休息真是件美事。
sit down to sthWe sat down to a wonderful meal prepared by my uncle.
我们坐下来享用我伯父准备的美餐。
Both sides in the disagreement are prepared to sit down to long talks if necessary.
如有必要的话,争执的双方都准备坐下来进行长时间的谈判。
sit down with sthI can't sit down with that insult.
我不能忍受那种侮辱。
More students than ever before have sat for their law examinations this years.
今年有比以往任何一年更多的学生参加法律考试。
He sat for his examinations as a co-pilot.
他参加了飞机副驾驶员的考试。
She sat for a scholarship but failed to win it.
她参加申请奖学金的考试但失败了。
He sits in with the patients while the nurse has a rest.
他在护士休息时,照看病人。
sit in for sbHe's sitting in for his friend today.
他今天正代替他的朋友们。
As the consul-general is away, one of the consuls is sitting in for him.
由于总领事不在,一个领事代理他的工作。
sit in at sthSome of the students are sitting in at the Faculty Office.
有些学生在系办公室静坐示威。
The students sat in at the administrative building to protest against racial discrimination.
学生们在办公大楼静坐示威,抗议种族歧视。
In protest against the wages cut, the workmen decided on sitting in at the factory.
为了抗议降低工资,工人们决定在工厂里静坐示威。
sit inWe're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.
我们将举行一次会议,希望你来旁听。
sit in on sthThey decided to sit in on the discussion.
他们决定听一下这次讨论。
I'd like you to sit in on this meeting.
我希望你旁听一下这次会议。
When I was doing teaching practice, people often sit in on my lessons.
我教学实习时经常有人听我的课。
A group of foreign visitors came to sit in on our English class yesterday.
昨天有一批外宾来听我们的英语课。
We sat in on classes and had discussions with the students.
我们听了课,并和学生进行了座谈。
Friends of the band who give their support may sit in on practices.
凡给我们乐队支援的朋友都可来听我们乐队的练习。
The group of demonstrators sat on till morning.
这一批示威者一直坐到早晨。
She sat on until someone agreed to help.
她一直坐到有人同意帮忙了才了事。
The committee sat on him.
委员会刁难他。
We cadres are ordinary workers and not overlords sitting on the backs of the people.
我们干部是普通劳动者,不是骑在人民头上的老爷。
They are sitting on that particular idea.
他们在压制那个特别的意见。
Jenkins sat on those students' applications for a month.
詹金斯把学生们的申请压了1个月。
The shop has been sitting on my complaint for more than three months.
这个商店已把我的投诉压了3个多月。
It's time you had a reply.
是不是那些家伙还压着你的信?现在是该他们答复的时候了。
That big corporation tried to bribe the press to sit on the story.
那家大公司企图贿赂新闻界把这方面的报道压下来。
I don't like being sat on by the authorities.
我不喜欢为当局所摆布。
sit on sb/sthI'll sit on the stuff for a few days.
我将看守几天东西。
sit on sthThe clock has sat on that shelf for years.
这钟在那座架子上已放置多年。
The house sits high on a hill overlooking a lake.
房子高高地坐落在俯瞰一片湖水的小山上。
sit on the fenceSitting on the fence will not do.
骑墙是不行的。
They sat on the fence during the dispute.
在辩论时,他们两边都不参与。
sit on sthA number of distinguished professors sat on the committee.
许多有名的教授都是该委员会成员。
He used to represent the Democrats but he now sits on the council as an Independent.
他过去一直代表民主党但现在却以独立党担任地方议会议员。
Please don't ask me to sit on any more committees this year,I already have my face share of meetings.
请不要再让我在今年担任更多的委员会委员了,我参加的会议已经够多了。
This was only one of the many bodies on which he had sat during his life of public service.
这只是他担任公职期间出任委员的许多机构之一。
They sat out until the sun went in.
他们一直在户外坐到太阳钻入云层。
Let's go and sit out, shall we?
我们出去坐好吗?
sit sb/sth ⇔ outThey sat out the play.
他们坐着看完演出。
He sat out all the other guests.
他一直留到其他的客人都离去。
I decided to sit out the rest of the film,I wasn't especially enjoying it, but my friends were.
我决定把电影看完。虽然我并不特别喜欢这个电影,但是我的朋友们喜欢。
When I go to a concert I like to sit out the whole thing, and not to go home half way.
当我去听音乐会时,我喜欢把节目听完而不愿半途退场回家。
We had to sit a long speech out yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午我们不得不把一个冗长的演说听到底。
sit sth ⇔ outI'll sit this dance out.
这场舞我不参加。
May I sit this one out?
我可以不跳这一场吗?
Let's sit this one out, shall we?I'm afraid I tango very badly.
咱们不跳这个舞好吗?我怕我的探戈舞跳得太糟。
The general sat out the war in a nice safe office in the home base.
这位将军呆在国内基地一个又安全、又漂亮的办公室中,直到战争结束。
The injured left forward was compelled to sit out the rest of the play.
受伤的左前锋只好退出比赛坐在一旁直到终场。
He sat out the 2001 presidential campaign.
他没有参加2001年的总统竞选。
Let's sit round the table.
让我们围桌而坐吧。
They were all sitting round the fire.
他们正围坐在炉火旁。
He told the children to sit up and not slouch.
他告诉孩子们坐直,别无精打采的。
sit sb/sth ⇔ upShe sat the baby up and tried feeding him.
她让婴儿直坐着,然后试着喂他。
The nurse tried now and then to sit me up while I was lying in bed in hospital.
我住院期间,护士时常扶我坐起来。
The little girl sat all her dolls up.
这小女孩把她所有的“娃娃”都摆成端坐的样子。
sit upWe don't allow the children to sit up late.
我们不允许孩子们熬夜。
The doctor warned his patient not to sit up late at night.
医生告诫他的病人晚上不要熬夜。
sit up with sbThe mother sat up all night with the sick child.
母亲彻夜不眠守候着那生病的孩子。
She sat up with her husband.
她不睡而看护着她的丈夫。
Mother, please don't sit up with me,I don't like to think that you're worrying about me.
妈妈,请不要陪我熬夜,我不愿意想到你在为我操心。
I sat up with her, discussing her problems.
我一直陪她坐到深夜,谈论她的问题。
sit up for sbShe sat up for her husband.
她不睡而等待她的丈夫。
Mrs. Smith always sits up for her daughter no matter how late it may be.
不管多晚,史密斯夫人总是不睡觉等候女儿回来。
sit up into sthHe sat up far into the night and studied.
他熬夜学习到深夜。
sit upAt first the boy had not seemed much interested in what the teacher was saying, but when the teacher called him, he began to sit up.
起初那男孩子似乎对老师说的话不太感兴趣,但是当老师叫他的时候,他才开始用心听讲了。
I call him a damned hypocrite and that made him sit up.
我称他为十足的伪君子,这使他大吃一惊。
These new crime statistics should make people sit up.
这些新的犯罪统计数字应使人们大吃一惊。
A neighbour's daughter sat with the children.
一个邻居的女儿帮助照料孩子们。
sit with sb/sthThe painting sits well with the rest of the room, doesn't it?
这幅画和房间的其余部分很协调,不是吗?
The decision did not sit well with the rest of the committee, who had voted against it.
这一决定未被委员会的其余委员接受,他们投了反对票。
How did your story sit with your mother?
你编造的那一套你妈妈相信吗?
