baby-sit

英 [ˈbeɪbi sɪt]

美 [ˈbeɪbi sɪt]

v.  当临时保姆；代人承担照料责任; 为人临时照看；照顾婴儿

现在分词：baby-sitting　第三人称单数：baby-sits　过去式：baby-sat　过去分词：baby-sat　

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英英释义

verb

• work or act as a baby-sitter
  1. I cannot baby-sit tonigh
  Synonym:sit
• take watchful responsibility for
  1. I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town

双语例句

• It will be necessary for someone to baby-sit the machine until it is running properly.
  某人必须修理机器直至它正常运转为止。（或：得找个人把机器修好。）
• I don't understand why I have to baby-sit you.
  我也不明白为什么我要照顾你。
• I'm the only girl in America who has to baby-sit a fully grown teenager.
  我是全美仅有的给一个大小伙子做保姆的姑娘了。
• I could walk to eat at a restaurant or walk to the playground where I would baby-sit and play with my nephew.
  我可以步行到饭店去吃饭，也可以走到游乐场，在那儿，我照料我的小侄小外甥，和他们一起玩。
• The children would grow up and leave home, my husband and I would grow old together, and we'd baby-sit the grandchildren.
  未来于我了然于胸：儿女长大、离家，与丈夫白首偕老，带养孙子孙女。
• I would offer to baby-sit, only I'm going out myself.
  我很愿意帮你照看小孩，可是我自己也要出去。
• I used to baby-sit for my neighbor.
  我过去常为邻居照看孩子。
• Abby, I'll baby-sit more, I swear!
  艾比，我帮你多看孩子，我发誓！
• A: You promised to baby-sit on the night of Jean's party?
  A：你答应在珍妮开派对那天晚上看孩子？
• I used to baby-sit during vacations when I was in college, she says. I loved that job and my employers were always satisfied with me.
  大学时我常利用假期去做保姆，她说，我热爱那份工作，雇主们都对我非常满意。