sit /sɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( sitting, sat, sits )

• 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

  例：

  Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen.

  妈妈正坐在厨房的椅子上。

  例：

  They had been sitting watching television.

  他们一直坐着看电视。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  He set the cases against a wall and sat on them.

  他把箱子靠在墙上，然后坐在上面。

  例：

  Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband.

  伊娃拽过一张椅子，在她丈夫身边坐下。

• 3. 

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

  例：

  I sat down, stunned.

  我坐了下来，大吃一惊。

• 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

  例：

  He used to sit me on his lap.

  他过去常常让我坐在他的腿上。

• 5. 

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

  例：

  She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock.

  她把他从水里拉出来，让他坐在岩石上。

• 6. 

  V-I If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it. 担任…的成员 [no cont]

  例：

  He was asked to sit on numerous committees.

  他应邀担任许多委员会的委员。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  The court sits under tight security in a former museum.

  法院在一所旧时的博物馆开庭，保安措施很严密。

• 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. 留在原地不动; 不采取任何行动

  例：

  Sit tight. I'll be right back.

  别慌张，我马上回来。

• 9. 

  to sit on the fence →see fence