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。
• I like the aisle seat better. Please, you sit by the window.
  我喜欢靠走道的座位。请你坐在窗边吧。
• We decided we'll all sit by you.
  我们决定都挨着哥哥坐。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I came up and asked to sit by you.
  而我走过来，要求坐在你旁边。
• 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。
• So many nights, I'd sit by my window.
  如此多的夜晚，我坐在窗户边。
• Can we sit by a window?
  我们可不可以坐靠窗的位子？
• All day long to sit by the door?
  整天坐在门口？