He made to stand up, but sat down again.

他试图站起来，可是又坐下了。

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The third night he sat down again on his bench and said quite sadly, "If I could but shudder."

第三天晚上，他又坐在工作台上上，伤心地说：“要是我能害怕就好了。”

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She sat down on the sofa again, as far from him as she had been before, and began telling him about her travels-but he was barely listening.

她又坐在沙发上，两人位置不变，她开始讲些旅途的事——他勉强听着。

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After the initial rush tied up the site, it functioned normally overnight but became clogged again early today as Americans woke up and sat down at their computers, Cauz said.

CNN: Free, but not easy -- encyclopedia's Web site jammed