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

• It would help if we didn't sit around all day drinking the stock.
  我们要是没整天坐在这吃老本就好了。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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 never, ever sit around thinking, 'What shall I do next?'
  我从不闲坐着琢磨：“我接下来做什么呢？”
• 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。
• Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another.
  没有电视的娱乐，他们在晚餐之后可能一起无所事事并且实际上和彼此说话。
• 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？
• 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。