sit

1. V-I 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. 坐

Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen. 媽媽正坐在廚房的椅子上。

They had been sitting watching television. 他們一直坐著看電視。

2. V-I When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something. (在某處) 坐下

He set the cases against a wall and sat on them. 他把箱子靠在墻上，然后坐在上面。

Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband. 伊娃拽過一張椅子，在她丈夫身邊坐下。

3. PHRASAL VERB Sit down means the same as . 坐下 (同 )(sit)

I sat down, stunned. 我坐了下來，大吃一驚。

4. V-T If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position. 使坐下; 使就位

He used to sit me on his lap. 他過去常常讓我坐在他的腿上。

5. PHRASAL VERB To sit someone down somewhere means to them there. 使坐下

She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock. 她把他從水里拉出來，讓他坐在巖石上。

6. V-I If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it. 擔(dān)任…的成員[no cont]

He was asked to sit on numerous committees. 他應(yīng)邀擔(dān)任許多委員會(huì)的委員。

7. V-I When a legislature, court, or other official body sits, it officially carries out its work. (立法院) 開會(huì); (法院) 開庭[正式]

The court sits under tight security in a former museum. 法院在一所舊時(shí)的博物館開庭，保安措施很嚴(yán)密。

8. PHRASE 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. 留在原地不動(dòng); 不采取任何行動(dòng)

Sit tight. I'll be right back. 別慌張，我馬上回來。

9. to sit on the fence→see fence