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

• 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？”
• 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。
• Do you have to sit around all day?
  你就一整天这么坐着？
• They think we sit around in a room drinking beer.
  他们以为我们闲坐在屋里、喝着啤酒就把名字起好了。
• We sit around a campfire at night.
  到了夜里，我们坐在篝火周围。
• 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。
• All he did that evening was sit around the flat
  那天晚上他一直在公寓里无所事事地坐着。
• NO00, I love to sit around the campfire.
  我喜欢围坐在营火旁。
• 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？
• This vacation I may just sit around and don't do jack.
  这个假期我将啥都不干，呆着。