sit up

英 [ˈsɪt ʌp]

美 [ˈsɪt ʌp]

坐起来; 坐直; 使…坐起身来; 让…直起身子; 深夜未睡; 熬夜

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 坐起来;坐直
  If yousit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down.
  1. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.
     她一坐起身来就感到天旋地转。
• PHRASAL VERB 使…坐起身来;让…直起身子
  If yousitsomeoneup, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down.
  1. She sat him up and made him comfortable.
     她帮他坐起身来，好让他舒服一点。
• PHRASAL VERB 深夜未睡;熬夜
  If yousit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late.
  1. We sat up drinking and talking...
     我们饮酒谈天，直至深夜。
  2. I didn't feel like sitting up all night.
     我不想熬通宵。
• PHRASAL VERB 突然关注;警觉
  If something makes yousit up, it makes you suddenly pay attention to what is happening.
  1. A defeat like that makes you sit up and think.
     那样的一次失败会令你警觉起来，开始思考。
• See also:sit-up

英英释义

verb

• not go to bed
  1. Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow
  2. We sat up all night to watch the election
  Synonym:stay up
• change to an upright sitting position
  1. He sat up in bed

双语例句

• They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning
  他们希望我晚上熬夜陪他们聊天到凌晨一两点。
• And if you're Yahoo, this is time to sit up and take notice that you're next.
  如果你是雅虎，你该坐下来，想想自己的下一步如何发展了。
• Sit up and have your medicine.
  起来吃药吧。
• I made enormous efforts just to sit up.
  我做了很大的努力为了坐起来。
• He was delighted to see that Oliver could sit up.
  他很高兴看见奥利弗能坐起来了。
• When I sit on the commode, I can no longer sit up straight.
  当我坐在便桶上时，我怎么也坐不直身子。
• Now, children, I want you all to sit up just as straight.
  孩子们，现在我要你们都尽量地、端端正正地坐起来。
• A defeat like that makes you sit up and think.
  那样的一次失败会令你警觉起来，开始思考。
• Can you sit up right like a good boy?
  你能像一个好男孩子那样坐正吗？
• So at least we know he can sit up.
  我们至少能知道他还能不能坐起来。