sit around

英 [sɪt əˈraʊnd]

美 [sɪt əˈraʊnd]

闲坐着; 无所事事

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 sit about


• PHRASAL VERB 闲坐着;无所事事
  If yousit aroundorsit about, you spend time doing nothing useful or interesting.
  1. Eve isn't the type to sit around doing nothing...
     伊芙不是那种喜欢坐在那里无所事事的人。
  2. We sat about in the gloomy airport lounge.
     我们百无聊赖地坐在阴暗的候机大厅里。

英英释义

verb

• be around, often idly or without specific purpose
  1. The object sat in the corner
  2. We sat around chatting for another hour
  Synonym:sit

双语例句

• What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself.
  他万万不可宅在家里自艾自怜。
• We sit around a campfire at night.
  到了夜里，我们坐在篝火周围。
• He used to bring people in to sit around his deathbed talking about various matters with him.
  他叫人来他到他的病榻前，和他进行各种各样的讨论。
• Not really. I was just gonna sit around and study more. I got a test on Monday.
  还没有，我的意思是我打算找个地方坐坐，学学东西。我周一有考试。
• Much of the time I just sit around doing nothing.
  大部分时间里我都是无所事事的。
• You can sit around waiting for the world to bring you your dreams on a silver platter.
  你可以无所事事，等着这个世界把你的梦想装在银色盘子里送到你面前。
• Do you have to sit around all day?
  你就一整天这么坐着？
• Are you going to do some work or just sit around wasted?
  你想去做点工作，还是坐在那浪费时间？
• Are we just gonna sit around here and talk about how big I'm getting?
  难道我们坐在这里就是谈论我的东西有多大的吗？
• It would help if we didn't sit around all day drinking the stock.
  我们要是没整天坐在这吃老本就好了。