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

• Not really. I was just gonna sit around and study more. I got a test on Monday.
  还没有，我的意思是我打算找个地方坐坐，学学东西。我周一有考试。
• 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。
• We have a tight deadline and we can't sit around and wait for the models to be completed.
  我们的时间很紧，我们不能坐在那里等待模型完成。
• I don't know how those guys can sit around doing nothing.
  我不知道那些人怎么能够无所事事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are we just gonna sit around here and talk about how big I'm getting?
  难道我们坐在这里就是谈论我的东西有多大的吗？
• NO00, I love to sit around the campfire.
  我喜欢围坐在营火旁。