| 释义 |
sit oninformal 1Fail to deal with: she sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper...- There is now enormous choice in the current account market, so there is no excuse to sit on an account which is not offering the best deal.
- The company is regarded as more financially capable than its rival of doing such a deal, but appears happy to sit on its holding.
- I've been sitting on this story for a week or so, trying to figure out what to do with it.
2Subdue (someone), typically by saying something intended to discomfit or embarrass them: someone should have sat on him when he was young...- He bears the imprint of whoever sits on him and the Vice-President really sat on him.
- My middle son lives with his dad and is 20, but he doesn't give me the time of day, but my youngest is 5 (going on 20) and I have really sat on him hard.
2.1Suppress (something): I want this story sat on...- The press has been restrained in sitting on a story about her family.
- But I find it impossible to sit on a good story, especially if there is money to be made.
- No longer is it easy for a news organization to sit on a big story and publish it at a set time, when all the dust has settled.
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