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.- Dinner was in two sittings.
分两批吃晚饭。
- Dinner was in two sittings.
- 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.- ...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
- ...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.
- 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.- ...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
- ...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.
- 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.- 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。
- If we'd let them buy it for a quarter of a million, we'd be sitting pretty by now.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - It is built on daily contact between officials of the government and Legislative Council members in panels, at sittings, or even through informal contacts.
政府官员和立法会议员日常都有紧密的接触，他们经常在立法会各类会议和其他场合会面，每日都有机会通过正式或非正式途径交流意见。 - 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。 - We have had several preliminary sittings in various poses.
我们进行了几次预拍摄，摆了各种不同的造型。 - This painting took five sittings.
这张画有人（坐着）当了五次模特儿才画成。 - Dinner was in two sittings.
分两批吃晚饭。 - The dining hall is small, so there are two sittings for lunch.
饭厅很小，所以午饭分两批吃。 - The portrait was completed after six sittings.
这幅画模特儿坐了六次才画完。