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

• On a cold evening it is pleasant to sit by the fire.
  在寒冷的夜晚坐在炉火旁边很舒服。
• 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。
• Come here and sit by me.
  到这儿来，坐在我旁边。
• So many nights, I'd sit by my window.
  如此多的夜晚，我坐在窗户边。
• You can sit by me.
  你可以坐在我旁边。
• I could not see my father weep, and sit by, careless.
  我不能坐视我的父亲流泪而无动于衷。
• Please sit by my side.
  请坐在我旁边。
• 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。
• After supper, I sit by the fire.
  晚饭后，我坐在火边。
• Can we sit by a window?
  我们可不可以坐靠窗的位子？