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

• So many nights, I'd sit by my window.
  如此多的夜晚，我坐在窗户边。
• We decided we'll all sit by you.
  我们决定都挨着哥哥坐。
• Can we sit by a window?
  我们可不可以坐靠窗的位子？
• 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。
• I love to sit by the window.
  我喜欢坐在靠窗口的座位。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。