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

• They sit by the door waiting for me.
  它们正坐在门边等着我呢。
• Come here and sit by me.
  到这儿来，坐在我旁边。
• 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。
• All day long to sit by the door?
  整天坐在门口？
• I like to sit by the window so that I can enjoy the landscape outside.
  我喜欢坐在窗口的座位以便可以欣赏到外的景色。
• We decided we'll all sit by you.
  我们决定都挨着哥哥坐。
• At this point a man left his seat across the room and come to sit by her.
  正在这时坐在屋子另一头的一个男人离开自己的座位，走过来坐在她身旁。
• If I were lucky enough to sit by you, I would have talked to you.
  如果我有幸坐在你旁边，我一定会和你说话的。
• You can sit by me.
  你可以坐在我旁边。
• 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。