sittings

英 [ˈsɪtɪŋz]

美 [ˈsɪtɪŋz]

n.  (法院或议会的)开会，会议，开庭(期间); (饭店等)一批，一次(顾客就餐时间); 一次(坐着活动的时间)
sitting的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (因场地限制而分批用餐的)一批，一轮
  Asittingis one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
  1. Dinner was in two sittings.
     分两批吃晚饭。
• N-COUNT 召开会议;举行例会
  A sittingof a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work.
  1. ...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.
     联合国安全理事会最近召开的几次紧急会议
• ADJ (总统或议员)现任的，在任期内的
  Asittingpresident or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one.
  1. ...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.
     在我们的历史上发生的现任总统与前任总统之间最为严重的一次冲突
• See also:sit
• PHRASE 处于优越地位;处于优势
  If you aresitting pretty, you are in a very favourable situation.
  1. If we'd let them buy it for a quarter of a million, we'd be sitting pretty by now.
     要是当初我们让他以 25 万的价钱买下来的话，我们现在就会处于上风了。

双语例句

• The lawmakers who were suspended will be barred from Parliament for five consecutive sittings or until the session ends on Feb. 21.
  被停职的议员将被禁止参加国会会议，期限为连续五次会议，或直至2月21日本次会期结束。
• A spokeswoman for Madame Tussauds said: 'We have a really good relationship with the Royals and they always do sittings for us.
  英国杜莎夫人蜡像馆的发言人说：我们一直与皇室保持着良好的关系，虽然，在制作蜡像的时候，模特们都需要保持静止不动数小时，皇室成员还是非常乐意做我们的模特。
• During one of the sittings, the wife made a rather unusual request.
  在画坐势画像时，妻子提出了一个非同寻常的要求。
• The dining hall is small, so there are two sittings for lunch.
  饭厅很小，所以午饭分两批吃。
• Dinner was in two sittings.
  分两批吃晚饭。
• The portrait wasfinished after only three sittings.
  二次被画后，这张肖像就完成了。
• I have now heard all my neighbour's history, at different sittings, as the housekeeper could spare time from more important occupations.
  我现在已经听完了我的邻人的全部历史，因为这位管家可以从比较重要的工作中腾出空闲常来坐坐。
• When the hotel is full dinner is served in two sittings.
  当旅馆客满时，正餐分两批进行。
• This painting took five sittings.
  这张画有人（坐着）当了五次模特儿才画成。
• We have to have two sittings for lunch.
  我们得分两批吃午饭。