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

• All day long to sit by the door?
  整天坐在门口？
• I want to sit by the emergency exit.
  我想坐在机上安全出口处。
• They sit by the door waiting for me.
  它们正坐在门边等着我呢。
• Can we sit by a window?
  我们可不可以坐靠窗的位子？
• Please sit by my side.
  请坐在我旁边。
• Before, I could never sit by a fire, but now I have my own charcoal to burn.
  过去我从来没有烤过火，现在我有炭烧。
• I prefer to sit by the window.
  我念坐正在靠窗位置。
• 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 ( by my side).
  来，坐在我的旁边。
• We decided we'll all sit by you.
  我们决定都挨着哥哥坐。