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。
• I think I'll take my clothes off and sit around my skin.
  我想我要脱光我的衣服，然后只剩皮肤坐下来。
• 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。
• I don't know how those guys can sit around doing nothing.
  我不知道那些人怎么能够无所事事。
• Back at camp we follow the same routine from yesterday: bath and sit around the fire.
  回到营地后我重复了昨天的例行公事：先洗澡然后坐在火边。
• They think we sit around in a room drinking beer.
  他们以为我们闲坐在屋里、喝着啤酒就把名字起好了。
• This vacation I may just sit around and don't do jack.
  这个假期我将啥都不干，呆着。
• Do you have to sit around all day?
  你就一整天这么坐着？
• We sit around a campfire at night. We sing or tell stories.
  我们在晚上围绕营火坐着，我们唱歌或者讲故事。
• It was too cheap to sit around after such an insinuation as this.
  受了这样一顿含沙射影的指责之后还闲坐在家里，这也太不自重了。