sit down

英 [ˈsɪt daʊn]

美 [ˈsɪt daʊn]

就座; 坐下; 使坐下; 使就座; 尽心尽力（去做某事）

Oxford 3000

牛津词典

• 以上各词均含坐下之义。
  These words all mean to rest your weight on your bottom with your back upright, for example on a chair.
• 指坐：
  to rest your weight on your bottom with your back upright, for example on a chair
  1. May I sit here?
     我可以坐在这儿吗？
  2. Sit still, will you!
     坐着别动！
• 指坐下、就座：
  to move from a standing position to a sitting position
  1. Please sit down.
     请坐。
  2. Come in and sit yourselves down.
     都进来坐下。
• 指坐着：
  ( formal ) to be sitting
  1. She was seated at the head of the table.
     她坐在桌子的上座。
• 指坐下、就座
  to sit down
• 指坐在…上，尤指坐在…边沿：
  ( rather informal ) to sit on sth, especially on the edge of sth
  1. She perched herself on the edge of the bed.
     她坐在床沿上。

柯林斯词典

• → see:sit 2;3
• PHRASAL VERB 尽心尽力(去做某事)
  If yousit downand do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something.
  1. Have you both sat down and worked out a budget together?...
     你们有没有同心协力制订出一份预算呢？
  2. 150 countries sat down to discuss the impact of human activities on the atmosphere.
     150 个国家共同认真讨论了人类活动对大气的影响。
• See also:sit-down

英英释义

verb

• be seated
  Synonym:sit
• show to a seat
  1. The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
  Synonym:seatsit
• take a seat
  Synonym:sit

双语例句

• Let's sit down and have a calm and sensible talk.
  让我们心平气和地坐下来谈一谈。
• Move up, John, and let the lady sit down.
  约翰，挪一挪，让这位女士坐下。
• Let's sit down and then you can say what's up.
  咱们先坐下来，然后你把事情告诉我。
• 'Look here,' I said, without heat, 'all I did was to walk down a street and sit down.'
  “你瞧，”我平静地说，“我只不过就是沿街走我的路，然后坐了下来。”
• Let's sit down and take a rest for a while.
  我们坐下来，少憩片刻吧。
• He indicated a chair. 'Sit down.'
  他指着一把椅子说，“坐下。”
• They sought out a shady spot where they might sit down and rest.
  他们找到一块阴凉地方可以坐下休息。
• Let's sit down and talk it over in detail.
  咱们坐下细谈吧。
• Move over and let your grandmother sit down.
  挪开些，让你外婆坐下来。
• I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
  我坐下来，穿好针，剪下一枚旧纽扣。