sit by

英 [sɪt baɪ]

美 [sɪt baɪ]

（对错误或违法的事情）坐视不理，作壁上观

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (对错误或违法的事情)坐视不理，作壁上观
  If yousit bywhile something wrong or illegal is happening, you allow it to happen and do not do anything about it.
  1. We can't just sit by and watch you throw your life away...
     我们不能眼睁睁地看着你毁掉自己的生活。
  2. The use of ozone-depleting chemicals grew dramatically and the government sat idly by.
     消耗臭氧的化学物质的使用急剧增多，政府却坐视不理。

英英释义

verb

• be inactive or indifferent while something is happening
  1. Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!
  Synonym:sit back

双语例句

• I will not sit by when you are in trouble.
  你遇到困难时，我一定不会袖手旁观。
• I sit by the form in the coffin.
  我坐在你的灵柩旁等。
• Where are you, the girl who sit by me in my dream.
  你在哪里，坐在我旁边的女孩在我的梦想。
• Come here and sit by me.
  到这儿来，坐在我旁边。
• They sit by the door waiting for me.
  它们正坐在门边等着我呢。
• The use of ozone-depleting chemicals grew dramatically and the government sat idly by.
  消耗臭氧的化学物质的使用急剧增多，政府却坐视不理。
• You watch the Olympics by day and sit by the computer by night.
  你白天看奥运，晚上就坐在电脑旁。
• Come and sit by me.
  过来靠我坐。
• I want to sit by the emergency exit.
  我想坐在机上安全出口处。
• I prefer to sit by the window.
  我念坐正在靠窗位置。