sit

sit at someone's feet

be someone's pupil or follower

做某人的學(xué)生（或追隨者），師承（某人）

sit in judgement

sit on the fence

sit on one's arse

(vulgar slang)do nothing; fail to take action

(粗俚)無(wú)所事事；不采取行動(dòng)

sit on one's hands

take no action

不采取行動(dòng)

sit (heavy) on the stomach

(of food) take a long time to be digested

（食物）很難消化

sit on someone's tail

drive extremely close behind another vehicle, typically while waiting for a chance to overtake

（尤指為等機(jī)會(huì)超車時(shí)）緊跟著開車

sit tight

(informal)remain firmly in one's place

(非正式)穩(wěn)留原處

sit up (and take notice)

(informal)suddenly start paying attention or have one's interest aroused

(非正式)警覺；突然激起興趣

sit back

relax

放松

sit back and enjoy the music.

放松聽音樂。

sit by

take no action in order to prevent something undesirable from occurring

袖手旁觀，無(wú)動(dòng)于衷

I'm not going to sit by and let an innocent man go to jail.

我不打算袖手旁觀讓清白無(wú)辜的人坐牢。

sit in for

temporarily carry out the duties of (another person)

臨時(shí)行使（別人的）職責(zé)

sit on informal 非正式

fail to deal with

擱置，拖延

she sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper.

她拖著寫那篇文章，直到截止日期臨近時(shí)，才促使她落筆成文。

subdue (someone), typically by saying something intended to discomfit or embarrass them

（尤指用說令某人不快或難堪的話來(lái)）壓制（某人）

sit something out

not take part in a particular event or activity

不參與某件事或活動(dòng)

he had to sit out Sheffield Wednesday's UEFA Cup game.

他不得不拒絕參加星期三在設(shè)菲爾德舉行的歐洲聯(lián)盟杯比賽。