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 sit by the form in the coffin.
  我坐在你的灵柩旁等。
• 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。
• Come and sit by me ( by my side).
  来，坐在我的旁边。
• I want to sit by the emergency exit.
  我想坐在机上安全出口处。
• And I came up and asked to sit by you.
  而我走过来，要求坐在你旁边。
• 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。
• You can sit by me.
  你可以坐在我旁边。
• 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。
• Please sit by my side.
  请坐在我旁边。
• He took off my wet boots and made me sit by the fire.
  他脱掉我湿漉漉的靴子，让我在火炉旁坐下。