我要是能閑坐著做夢該多好。
The children sat about on the grass.

孩子們都閑坐在草地上。
He just sits around and does nothing all day.

他整天閑坐無所事事。
Most people in this office just sit around with nothing to do.

這辦公室里的大多數人都坐在那兒無事可做。
They seemed to spend most of their time sitting around in bars.

他們似乎花了大部分時間在酒吧里閑坐。
I got tired of sitting around waiting, so I went home.

我懶得坐著空等,所以我就回家了。

他坐在辦公桌旁工作。
The child is not big enough to sit at table yet.

那孩子還小,不能上桌吃飯。

他走過來坐在我旁邊。

別的孩子都忙著,你不要閑著袖手旁觀。

我們坐在爐火旁聊天。
She set the table and the two of them sat by the stove to enjoy a good hot meal together.

她擺好桌子,兩人就圍著火爐吃起熱騰騰的飯來。

讓他們坐下。
After standing for so long, it was a pleasure to sit down and rest.

站了那么久以后坐下來休息真是件美事。 sit down to sth
We sat down to a wonderful meal prepared by my uncle.

我們坐下來享用我伯父準備的美餐。
Both sides in the disagreement are prepared to sit down to long talks if necessary.

如有必要的話,爭執的雙方都準備坐下來進行長時間的談判。 sit down with sth
I can't sit down with that insult.

我不能忍受那種侮辱。

今年有比以往任何一年更多的學生參加法律考試。
He sat for his examinations as a co-pilot.

他參加了飛機副駕駛員的考試。
She sat for a scholarship but failed to win it.

她參加申請獎學金的考試但失敗了。

他在護士休息時,照看病人。 sit in for sb
He's sitting in for his friend today.

他今天正代替他的朋友們。
As the consul-general is away, one of the consuls is sitting in for him.

由于總領事不在,一個領事代理他的工作。 sit in at sth
Some of the students are sitting in at the Faculty Office.

有些學生在系辦公室靜坐示威。
The students sat in at the administrative building to protest against racial discrimination.

學生們在辦公大樓靜坐示威,抗議種族歧視。
In protest against the wages cut, the workmen decided on sitting in at the factory.

為了抗議降低工資,工人們決定在工廠里靜坐示威。 sit in
We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.

我們將舉行一次會議,希望你來旁聽。 sit in on sth
They decided to sit in on the discussion.

他們決定聽一下這次討論。
I'd like you to sit in on this meeting.

我希望你旁聽一下這次會議。
When I was doing teaching practice, people often sit in on my lessons.

我教學實習時經常有人聽我的課。
A group of foreign visitors came to sit in on our English class yesterday.

昨天有一批外賓來聽我們的英語課。
We sat in on classes and had discussions with the students.

我們聽了課,并和學生進行了座談。
Friends of the band who give their support may sit in on practices.

凡給我們樂隊支援的朋友都可來聽我們樂隊的練習。

這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幫忙了才了事。

委員會刁難他。
We cadres are ordinary workers and not overlords sitting on the backs of the people.

我們干部是普通勞動者,不是騎在人民頭上的老爺。
They are sitting on that particular idea.

他們在壓制那個特別的意見。
Jenkins sat on those students' applications for a month.

詹金斯把學生們的申請壓了1個月。
The shop has been sitting on my complaint for more than three months.

這個商店已把我的投訴壓了3個多月。
It's time you had a reply.

是不是那些家伙還壓著你的信?現在是該他們答復的時候了。
That big corporation tried to bribe the press to sit on the story.

那家大公司企圖賄賂新聞界把這方面的報道壓下來。
I don't like being sat on by the authorities.

我不喜歡為當局所擺布。 sit on sb/sth
I'll sit on the stuff for a few days.

我將看守幾天東西。 sit on sth
The clock has sat on that shelf for years.

這鐘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 fence
Sitting on the fence will not do.

騎墻是不行的。
They sat on the fence during the dispute.

在辯論時,他們兩邊都不參與。 sit on sth
A number of distinguished professors sat on the committee.

許多有名的教授都是該委員會成員。
He used to represent the Democrats but he now sits on the council as an Independent.

他過去一直代表民主黨但現在卻以獨立黨擔任地方議會議員。
Please don't ask me to sit on any more committees this year,I already have my face share of meetings.

請不要再讓我在今年擔任更多的委員會委員了,我參加的會議已經夠多了。
This was only one of the many bodies on which he had sat during his life of public service.

這只是他擔任公職期間出任委員的許多機構之一。

他們一直在戶外坐到太陽鉆入云層。
Let's go and sit out, shall we?

我們出去坐好嗎? sit sb/sth ? out
They sat out the play.

他們坐著看完演出。
He sat out all the other guests.

他一直留到其他的客人都離去。
I decided to sit out the rest of the film,I wasn't especially enjoying it, but my friends were.

我決定把電影看完。雖然我并不特別喜歡這個電影,但是我的朋友們喜歡。
When I go to a concert I like to sit out the whole thing, and not to go home half way.

當我去聽音樂會時,我喜歡把節目聽完而不愿半途退場回家。
We had to sit a long speech out yesterday afternoon.

昨天下午我們不得不把一個冗長的演說聽到底。 sit sth ? out
I'll sit this dance out.

這場舞我不參加。
May I sit this one out?

我可以不跳這一場嗎?
Let's sit this one out, shall we?I'm afraid I tango very badly.

咱們不跳這個舞好嗎?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.

這位將軍呆在國內基地一個又安全、又漂亮的辦公室中,直到戰爭結束。
The injured left forward was compelled to sit out the rest of the play.

受傷的左前鋒只好退出比賽坐在一旁直到終場。
He sat out the 2001 presidential campaign.

他沒有參加2001年的總統競選。

讓我們圍桌而坐吧。
They were all sitting round the fire.

他們正圍坐在爐火旁。

他告訴孩子們坐直,別無精打采的。 sit sb/sth ? up
She sat the baby up and tried feeding him.

她讓嬰兒直坐著,然后試著喂他。
The nurse tried now and then to sit me up while I was lying in bed in hospital.

我住院期間,護士時常扶我坐起來。
The little girl sat all her dolls up.

這小女孩把她所有的“娃娃”都擺成端坐的樣子。 sit up
We don't allow the children to sit up late.

我們不允許孩子們熬夜。
The doctor warned his patient not to sit up late at night.

醫生告誡他的病人晚上不要熬夜。 sit up with sb
The mother sat up all night with the sick child.

母親徹夜不眠守候著那生病的孩子。
She sat up with her husband.

她不睡而看護著她的丈夫。
Mother, please don't sit up with me,I don't like to think that you're worrying about me.

媽媽,請不要陪我熬夜,我不愿意想到你在為我操心。
I sat up with her, discussing her problems.

我一直陪她坐到深夜,談論她的問題。 sit up for sb
She 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,史密斯夫人總是不睡覺等候女兒回來。 sit up into sth
He sat up far into the night and studied.

他熬夜學習到深夜。 sit up
At 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.

起初那男孩子似乎對老師說的話不太感興趣,但是當老師叫他的時候,他才開始用心聽講了。
I call him a damned hypocrite and that made him sit up.

我稱他為十足的偽君子,這使他大吃一驚。
These new crime statistics should make people sit up.

這些新的犯罪統計數字應使人們大吃一驚。

一個鄰居的女兒幫助照料孩子們。 sit with sb/sth
The painting sits well with the rest of the room, doesn't it?

這幅畫和房間的其余部分很協調,不是嗎?
The decision did not sit well with the rest of the committee, who had voted against it.

這一決定未被委員會的其余委員接受,他們投了反對票。
How did your story sit with your mother?

你編造的那一套你媽媽相信嗎?