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 prefer to sit by the window.
  我念坐正在靠窗位置。
• 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。
• Please sit by my side.
  请坐在我旁边。
• 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。
• And I came up and asked to sit by you.
  而我走过来，要求坐在你旁边。
• Come here and sit by me.
  到这儿来，坐在我旁边。
• 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。
• You can sit by me.
  你可以坐在我旁边。
• After supper, I sit by the fire.
  晚饭后，我坐在火边。
• 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。