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

• Come and sit by me ( by my side).
  来，坐在我的旁边。
• After supper, I sit by the fire.
  晚饭后，我坐在火边。
• 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。
• I want to sit by the emergency exit.
  我想坐在机上安全出口处。
• 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。
• Please sit by my side.
  请坐在我旁边。
• And I came up and asked to sit by you.
  而我走过来，要求坐在你旁边。
• Can we sit by a window?
  我们可不可以坐靠窗的位子？
• I love to sit by the window.
  我喜欢坐在靠窗口的座位。