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

• 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？
• Just sit around and do nothing, I mean, what's this guy going to do?
  就坐在这儿，什么事都不干，我是说，那个家伙会做什么？
• 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？
• I always talk with the people who sit around me before class.
  上课前，我总是和周围的同学谈话。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do you have to sit around all day?
  你就一整天这么坐着？
• But it was raining so hard last night I just stayed in the dorm to sit around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends.
  但是昨晚下的太大了，所以我就待在宿舍里和几个朋友闲扯了。
• 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。
• We have a tight deadline and we can't sit around and wait for the models to be completed.
  我们的时间很紧，我们不能坐在那里等待模型完成。