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

• 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。
• 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。
• We sit around a campfire at night.
  到了夜里，我们坐在篝火周围。
• 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。
• Are we going to sit around all night, or shall we go out?
  我们就这么整晚闲坐着，还是出去玩？
• And I don` t expect to work whilst you sit around and watch, neither.
  我也不希望你坐在附近盯着我工作。
• 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。
• 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？
• We all sit around reading subway maps together.
  我们坐在一起看地铁示意图。