| 单词 | to sit by |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit by to sit by 1. intransitive. To sit beside a person or group of people, esp. as an onlooker at some activity. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Assido, is, dere, to reste me, to sytte downe, to sytte by. 1548 J. Veron tr. H. Bullinger Holsome Antidotus sig. H.iv Finally, if it be reuelated to an other syttyng by, let the other holde his peace. 1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote v. xix. 373 Lovers..Steal a Squint at One another, When Jealous Governant sits by To Watch Each Motion of the Eye. 1735 London Mag. Aug. 450/1 Observe Clarinda with a beau, While you yourself are sitting by, She'll scarce vouchsafe you half an eye. 1888 Temple Bar Jan. 29 The Bishop..sat by with his watch on the table, for he had to minute each interview. 2009 J. Kellerman True Detectives viii. 68 He gave her the unlisted number he'd obtained from a source at the phone company, sat by as she punched numbers. 2. intransitive. To take no action to prevent the occurrence of something considered wrong or undesirable. Cf. to sit back 2 at Phrasal verbs 1.Now often in negative constructions. ΚΠ 1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 155 Men sit by, like idle Spectators, and still give money towards their own Tragedy. 1748 T. Gray Ode Death Favourite Cat v, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 268 (Malignant fate sat by and smil'd). 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. v. iii. 33 I'll not sit by, while helpless priests are butchered. 1936 Jefferson (Iowa) Herald 21 May 2/2 When the Italians got ready to gobble it [sc. Ethiopia] up the rest of the world sat by and let them do it. 1992 M. Williamson Return to Love ii. vi. 144 It's not enough to sit idly by while others hurt, using the catch-all phrase ‘It's not my responsibility’..as an excuse for a selfish stance. 2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. (Health section) 7 As a parent who loves him, you can't sit by and let him get into this trouble. < as lemmas |
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