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

• 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。
• Get yourself some grub and come and sit down.
  你自己去盛些吃的，过来坐下吃。
• 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。
• Now sit down and make yourself comfortable. You must be very tired.
  现在坐下来，让自己舒服些，你一定很累了。
• Let the older people sit down first.
  尽着年纪大的坐。
• 'Sit down,' she replied, stressing each word.
  “坐下，”她一字一顿地说道。
• Just as we were ready to sit down to dinner, a little boy came running in
  正当我们要吃晚餐的时候，一个小男孩跑着进来了。
• 'Sit down.' — 'I prefer standing for a while, if you don't mind.'
  “坐下吧。”——“如果你不介意的话，我想站一会儿。”
• Do sit down
  请坐。
• Sit down and have a good cry
  坐下来好好哭一场。