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

• Come and sit by me ( by my side).
  来，坐在我的旁边。
• 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。
• 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。
• So many nights, I'd sit by my window.
  如此多的夜晚，我坐在窗户边。
• I will not sit by when you are in trouble.
  你遇到困难时，我一定不会袖手旁观。
• Where are you, the girl who sit by me in my dream.
  你在哪里，坐在我旁边的女孩在我的梦想。
• I sit by the form in the coffin.
  我坐在你的灵柩旁等。
• Before, I could never sit by a fire, but now I have my own charcoal to burn.
  过去我从来没有烤过火，现在我有炭烧。
• I prefer to sit by the window.
  我念坐正在靠窗位置。
• 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。