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sit /sɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp sat /sæt/, present participle sitting)  
1  in a chair etc 在椅子等上
a) (also be sitting down) [intransitiveI]SIT to be on a chair or seat, or on the ground, with the top half of your body upright and your weight resting on your buttocks 坐
sit on/in/by etc
 I sat on the shore and looked at the sea.
我坐在岸上看海。
 She was sitting in a chair by the fire.
她坐在炉火边的椅子上。
 She’s the girl who sits next to me at school.
她是在学校里坐在我旁边的女孩。
 In the driving seat sat a man of average height.
驾驶座上坐着一名中等身材的男子。
sit at a desk/table etc (=sit facing it) 坐在书桌/桌子等前面
 Jean sat at the table writing a letter.
琼坐在桌前写信。
sit doing something
 They sat sipping their drinks.
他们坐着啜饮料。
 We used to sit and listen to her for hours.
我们以前总是一坐几个小时听她讲。
b) (also sit down) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to get into a sitting position somewhere after you have been standing up 坐下
 He came over and sat beside her.
他走过来坐在她旁边。
 Sam sat opposite her and accepted a cigarette.
萨姆在她对面坐下，接过一支香烟。
c) (also sit somebody down) [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SIT to make someone sit, or help them to sit 使坐下，使就座
sit somebody on/in etc something
 I gently led her to the chair and sat her on it.
我小心地把她带到椅子边扶她坐下。
2  objects/buildings etc 物件/建筑等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BE to be in a particular position or condition 位于，坐落在 〔某位置〕；处于〔某状况〕
sit on/in etc
 a little church sitting on a hillside
坐落在山坡上的一座小教堂
 The parliament building sits in a large square.
议会大楼位于一个大广场上。
 He’s got a computer sitting on his desk, but he doesn’t use it.
他有一台电脑放在书桌上，但他不用。
 My climbing boots were sitting unused in a cupboard.
我的登山靴在橱柜里，一直没有穿。
 The house has sat empty for two years.
这幢房子已经空置两年了。
3  do nothing 不干事 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]NOT DO something to stay in one place for a long time, especially sitting down, doing nothing useful or helpful 闲（坐）着
 I spent half the morning sitting in a traffic jam.
我遇上塞车，坐在车里等了半个上午。
 Well, I can’t sit here chatting all day.
好了，我可不能整天坐在这儿闲扯。
 Are you just going to sit there complaining?
你就打算坐在那里发牢骚吗？
4  committee/parliament etc 委员会/议会等 [intransitiveI]MEMBER to be a member of a committee, parliament, or other official group 成为〔委员会、议会或其他官方组织〕的成员
sit in/on
 They both sat on the management committee.
他们两个都担任管理委员会的委员。
 He was the first journalist to sit in parliament.
他是第一位任议会议员的新闻记者。
5  meeting 会议MEET [intransitiveI] to have a meeting in order to carry out official business 〔官方机构〕开会；开庭
6  animal/bird 兽类/鸟类 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]
7. look after 照看 [intransitiveI + for]LOOK AFTER somebody to look after a baby or child while its parents are out 代人临时照看孩子 SYN babysit
8  sit tight spoken
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sit tight• You could head back to the Cities, just sit tight.• She is loath to encourage folks to sit tight.• Through the summer runup in technology stock prices, executives at the on-line service provider sat tight.• You might want to sit tight a few months and see what happens to the stock market.• Then city officials sat tight and hoped it would pay off.• Just sit tight - I'll be there in ten minutes.• But Solomon sat tight in his rain barrel, and after the cossacks had left empty-handed, he made his escape.• He might just sit tight inside the castle.• When an intruder approaches, the parents fly off and the chicks sit tight nomatterhow close it comes.• Or the rabbits sit tight underground as they become cornered by the ferrets.• You sit tight while I go and get some help.
9  be sitting pretty SUCCESSFULto be in a very good or favourable position 处于有利地位
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be sitting pretty• At that stage in the campaign, she was sitting pretty in the polls.
10  sit in judgment (on/over somebody) JUDGEto give your opinion about whether someone has done something wrong, especially when you have no right to do this （对某人）进行评论〔尤指妄加评论〕
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sit in judgment (on/over somebody)• Harrison presented himself and H-1 to the eight commissioners who sat in judgment of his work.• Certain Christians have also given the impression that they sit in judgment over others.
11  not sit well/easily/comfortably (with somebody) if a situation, plan etc does not sit well with someone, they do not like it 〔情况、计划等〕（使某人）不舒服
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not sit well/easily/comfortably (with somebody)• The adornment, thought Eloise smugly, would not sit well amidst so much blubber.• One might think a hockey fan would not sit easily at a sewing machine piecing together patches for a quilt.• This conviction did not sit well either with regimental soldiering or with Whitehall.• The populist vision of a peasant landholding democracy does not sit easily with alternative visions of women's rights.• He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him.• Certainly, such views as these do not sit comfortably with managerialism and are equally at odds with restricted professionality.• The closures, which began late last month, does not sit well with many of the regulars.• The volatility and their non-guaranteed status do not sit comfortably with the official line linking the two benefits.
12  sit on the fence to avoid saying which side of an argument you support or what your opinion is about a particular subject 持观望态度，骑墙
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sit on the fence• He is the obvious choice for those who wish to sit on the fence.• You can't sit on the fence any longer - what's it going to be?• If the encyclopaedia has a weakness it is that it sits on the fence on controversial issues.
13  sit on your hands to delay taking action when you should do something 拖延着不采取行动
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sit on your hands• So we sat on our hands about Sally, because we thought the stakes were higher than the National Enquirer.• Most delegates sat on their hands while a few radicals took control of the discussion.
14  exams 考试 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] British EnglishBrEEXAM/TEST to take an examination 参加 （考试）
15  picture/photo 画像/照片 [intransitiveI]TCMAVP to sit somewhere so that you can be painted or photographed 坐着让人画像[照相]
 COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
sit still (=without moving) 坐着不动
Young children find it almost impossible to sit still.
小孩子几乎很难坐着不动。
sit quietly (=without talking) 静静地坐着
Mac sat quietly in the back of the car.
马克静静地坐在汽车后座上。
be sitting comfortably 舒服地坐着
She was sitting comfortably on the sofa.
她正舒服地坐在沙发上。
sit up straight/sit upright (=with your back straight) 坐得笔直
nSit up straight at the table, Maddie.
sit bolt upright (=suddenly sit up very straight, for example because you hear something) 突然坐直〔如因为听到某事〕
nSuddenly she sat bolt upright and said, ‘What was that?’
sit cross-legged (=with your legs bent and crossed over in front of you) 盘腿而坐
nShe sat cross-legged on the grass.
 THESAURUS
sit to be resting your weight on your bottom somewhere, or to move into this position 坐；坐下
He was sitting in front of the fire.
他正坐在火炉前。
She sat on the bed and kicked off her shoes.
她坐到床上,蹬掉鞋子。
nWho is the man sitting next to Karen?
sit down to sit on a chair, bed, floor etc after you have been standing 坐下
I sat down on the sofa.
我在沙发上坐下来。
Come in and sit down.
进来坐。
be seated formal to be sitting in a particular chair or place 坐在〔某把椅子或某个位置上〕
John was seated on my left.
约翰坐在我的左边。
nThere was a man seated behind the desk.
take a seat to sit – used especially when asking someone to sit down 就座〔尤用于请某人坐下〕
Please take a seat – she will be with you in a minute.
请坐——她马上就来。
Would the audience please take their seats – the show will begin in five minutes.
请各位观众入座,演出五分钟后开始。
sink into something to sit in a comfortable chair and let yourself fall back into it 倒进〔舒服的椅子〕
We switched on the TV and sank into our armchairs.
我们打开电视,倒进扶手椅里。
lounge to sit in a very comfortable relaxed way 懒洋洋地坐着
They lounged around all day by the pool.
他们整天懒洋洋地坐在游泳池旁边。
perch to sit on the edge of something 坐在…的边缘
He perched on the arm of the sofa.
他坐在沙发的扶手上。
My sister was perched (=was sitting) on a high stool.
我妹妹坐在高脚凳上。
be slumped to be sitting while leaning against something, especially because you are injured, drunk, or asleep 靠在…上坐着
They found him slumped against the steering wheel.
他们发现他趴在方向盘上。
squat to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet 蹲
A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.
一个小男孩蹲在水池边。
 PHRASAL VERBS
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sit• Riker and I and Reacher and the gunner sat around the Huey and ate lunch.• We all used to sit around the kitchen table, smoking and chatting.• An grey-haired woman was sitting at the reception desk.• He came over to me, picked up the piece of paper before me, and sat back down on the bed.• It's so hot in here. Shall we go and sit by the window?• Claude and Ruth were talking quietly with Pat, who sat cross-legged on the sofa.• He sat down right beside me.• Taking the book to the chair by the fire, Alexandra sat down with it in her hand.• The power struggle went on for about a minute, then the Archon sat down.• Is it okay if I sit here?• The Court of Appeals sits in San Francisco.• I saw a man with grey hair sitting in the car next to Jean.• I sat my final exams last year.• Do you want to sit next to Brian?• Jeff's dog sat next to his chair as we talked.• Peter would have liked to sit next to Kate but he had lacked the necessary social agility to secure the centre position.• Come and sit next to me -- I haven't seen you for ages.• Come and sit on Mommy's knee.• Billy sat on the edge of the desk, swinging his legs.• The cistern of the close-coupled design sits on top of the pan and is connected directly to it.• Let's go sit outside.• A woman in a huge hat came and sat right in front of us.• I wish you children would sit still for 10 minutes.• He sat thinking how he was stuck with her, how there was no privacy in this house for emergency situations.• After a few days, he was finally allowed to sit up in bed.
sit and• As usual, after the first appreciative murmurs, we sat and ate our meal in silence.• I sat and dropped my head into my hands.• Sometimes he'd sit and look at it, and his eyes would sting with the tears of despair.• Juliet and David sat and looked at each other.• And they sat and they plotted what they should do next.• Many things are unclear to me, including myself, and I want to sit and think.• And George just sat and watched.• She sits and worries about the new season.
sat empty• Both pads then sat empty for about a year.
sit there• Are you just going to sit there all afternoon?• Aunt Anna makes the dough, and everybody sits there and cuts and makes tortellini.• Do we sit there and take it from others?• I sat there and twiddled my thumbs.• Yet I sat there feeling helpless and knowing I was being laughed at.• We'd just sit there in silence.• As they sat there some one came up and, as was not unusual, joined them in their conversation.• The woman just sat there staring as the packages were opened.• They have sat there too long.
sit in/on• At a washout she sat in a cold stupor while Oliver lit the lantern and looked the place over.• They were the first couple in parliamentary history to sit on a front bench together in either House.• Henry sat in his chair as the seconds ticked away.• Republicans bewail what they say is a likelihood that Democrats will sit on nominations.• Therefore, I can speak of the experience when four hon. Members sit in quasi-judicial godliness hearing the arguments for and against.• Why pay Vaughn $ 4 million this season to sit on the bench?• In the evening he sat on the porch, thinking.
Origin sit
Old English sittan
sit verb →COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1
→PHRASAL VERBS1
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