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 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。
• Come and sit by me.
  过来靠我坐。
• 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。
• I prefer to sit by the window.
  我念坐正在靠窗位置。
• After supper, I sit by the fire.
  晚饭后，我坐在火边。
• 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 can't just sit by while this government destroys the health service.
  在这个政府破坏社会保健服务时，我不能袖手旁观。
• 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。
• So many nights, I'd sit by my window.
  如此多的夜晚，我坐在窗户边。
• All day long to sit by the door?
  整天坐在门口？