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VERB
坐
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.
例句
Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen...
媽媽坐在廚房里的椅子上。
They sat there in shock and disbelief...
他們吃驚地坐在那里，不敢相信這是真的。
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VERB
就座;坐下
When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something.
例句
He set the cases against a wall and sat on them...
他把箱子靠墻放好，然后坐在上面。
Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband...
伊娃拽過一把椅子，坐到丈夫的身邊。
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VERB
使坐下;使就座
If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position.
例句
He used to sit me on his lap...
他過去常常讓我坐在他的腿上。
He'll sit you in front of his computer and give you a glimpse of the problem.
他會讓你坐到電腦前，大致了解一下這個問題。
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VERB
坐著讓人畫像(或照相)
If you sit for an artist or photographer, you place yourself in a sitting position so you can be painted or photographed.
例句
A person may well have been sitting for the artist for eight hours at a stretch.
為了讓畫家給自己畫像，一個人很有可能連續坐上 8 個鐘頭。
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VERB
參加(考試)
If you sit an examination, you do it.
例句
June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams.
6 月和 7 月是傳統的考試月份。
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VERB
作為…的成員
If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it.
例句
He was asked to sit on numerous committees...
他受邀擔任過許多委員會的委員。
I know of no professional person who has ever sat on a jury...
據我所知，陪審團的成員中從未有過專業人員。
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VERB
(議會)開會;(法院)開庭
When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body sits, it officially carries out its work.
例句
Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52...
在一年 52 周當中只有 28 周是議會開會的時間。
The court would sit all night.
法庭將要通宵庭審。
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VERB
位于;坐落在
If a building or object sits in a particular place, it is in that place.
例句
Our new house sat next to a stream...
我們的新房子坐落在一條小溪旁。
On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles.
桌上有一只用珠子串成的小三角形作裝飾的盒子。
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VERB
代人臨時照看小孩;當臨時保姆
To sit for someone means the same as to babysit for them.
例句
I've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday.
我已經拜托媽媽下周六為我們臨時照看一下孩子。
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PHRASE
呆在原處不動;不輕舉妄動
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.
例句
Sit tight. I'll be right back...
你留在這兒別動，我馬上就回來。
Life would continue to be hard but if they sat tight and trusted him things would get better.
生活依然會很艱辛，但是如果他們能靜觀其變，并且信任他，一切會慢慢好起來的。