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*sit /sɪt; sɪt/
v sat /sæt; sæt/, sat, sitting
1 [I] a) to be on a chair, on the ground etc with the top half of your body upright and your weight resting on your bottom 坐:
+ on/in/by etc The children were sitting on the floor. 孩子们坐在地板上。
b) also 又作 sit down to move to a sitting position after you have been standing 坐下:
+ by/beside etc Come and sit by me. 到我身边来坐。
2 [I] to be in a particular position 处于〔某位置〕:
+ on/in etc A number of old books sat on the shelf. 一些旧书搁在书架上。
3 [I] to stay in one place for a long time doing nothing useful 待〔在某地，无所事事〕:
I spent half the morning sitting in a traffic jam. 我因为交通阻塞坐在车里等了半个上午。
4 [T] to make someone sit somewhere 使就座:
sit sb in/on etc She sat the boy in the corner. 她让那男孩坐在角落里。
5 sit tight to stay in the same place or situation and not do anything 静观事态的发展:
Investors should sit tight and see what happens in a few days. 投资者应静观其变，看今后几天的形势如何。
6 sit still to sit and not move 坐着不动:
Sit still and let me fix your hair. 坐着别动，我来给你整理一下头发。
7 [T] BrE to take an examination 【英】 参加〔考试〕:
Anna's sitting her GCSEs this year. 安娜今年要参加普通中学教育证书考试。
8 [I] if a committee, court, or parliament sits, it does its work in an official meeting 开庭; 〔委员会、议会〕开会:
The court sits once a month. 法庭每月开庭一次。
9 sit on the fence to avoid saying which side of an argument you support or what you think is the best thing to do 抱骑墙态度，保持中立
sit aroundto sit and not do very much 闲坐，干坐:
Dan just sits around watching TV all day. 丹整天就是坐着看电视。
sit back
to let someone else do something or let something happen, without taking any action yourself 袖手旁观，坐视不管
sit down
to move into a sitting position after you have been standing 坐下来:
Come over here and sit down. 到这边来坐下。
sit in
1 sit in for sb to do a job, go to a meeting etc instead of the person who usually does it 代替〔某人〕
2 sit in on sth to watch a meeting or activity but not get involved in it 列席; 旁听:
Do you mind if I sit in on your class? 你介意我来旁听你的课吗？
sit sth ↔ out
to stay where you are until something finishes and not get involved in it 坐着直到…结束; 待在一旁不参加:
I'll sit this dance out. 我不跳这个舞。
sit through sth
to stay until a meeting, performance etc finishes, even if it is very long or boring 坐到…结束:
We had to sit through a three-hour class this morning. 今天早上我们得坐到听完一堂三小时的课。
sit up
1 to move to a sitting position after you have been lying down 〔从躺姿〕坐起来:
He sat up and rubbed his eyes. 他坐起来揉揉眼睛。
2 to stay awake and not go to bed 熬夜，晚睡:
We sat up all night talking. 我们整夜没睡在讲话。
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