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单词 sit down
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sit down

phrasal verbwithsitverb
uk
/sɪt/us
/sɪt/
present participlesitting|past tense and past participlesat
tomoveyourbodyso that thelowerpartof it isrestingon aseator on theground:
坐下
Isatdownonthesofanext to Barbara.我挨着芭芭拉在沙发上坐了下来。
More examples
  • Dositdown and make yourselfcomfortable.
  • That'll do, Timothy! Please justsitdown andkeepquiet.
  • I mustsitdown, myfeetarekillingme!
  • Hemotionedme tositdown.
  • Henudgedthecatoff thesofaso that he couldsitdown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sitting and standing
  • akimbo
  • astride
  • attention
  • bestride
  • cross-legged
  • crouch
  • foot
  • on all foursidiom
  • pew
  • plump(someone/something)down
  • rampant
  • reseat
  • seat
  • stand around
  • stand aside
  • stand round
  • stand up
  • strike
  • surface
  • take a pew!idiom
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sit-down
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈsɪt.daʊn/us
/ˈsɪt.daʊn/

sit-downadjective[before noun](MEAL)

A sit-downmealisservedtopeoplewho aresittingat atable:
（用餐）坐着享用的
We're having a sit-downmealatourwedding,ratherthan abuffet.我们结婚时会摆正式桌宴而不是自助餐。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sitting and standing
  • akimbo
  • astride
  • attention
  • bestride
  • cross-legged
  • crouch
  • foot
  • on all foursidiom
  • pew
  • plump(someone/something)down
  • rampant
  • reseat
  • seat
  • stand around
  • stand aside
  • stand round
  • stand up
  • strike
  • surface
  • take a pew!idiom
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Meals & parts of meals

sit-downadjective[before noun](REFUSE TO WORK)

A sit-downstrikeorprotestis one in whichpeoplerefusetoleaveaplaceuntiltheirdemandsarelistenedto:
（罢工）采取静坐形式的
Theworkersareholdinga sit-downstrike.工人们正在举行一场静坐罢工。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industrial action
  • abstain
  • anti-strike
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • job action
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • locksomeoneout
  • lockout
  • picket
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • strikebreaking
  • striker
  • sympathy
  • union-bashing
  • walk
  • walk out
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sit-down
noun[S]
uk
/ˌsɪtˈdaʊn/us
/ˌsɪtˈdaʊn/

sit-downnoun[S](REST)

UKinformal
ashortperiodofsittinginordertorest:
坐下休息
Youlooktired. Why don't you come and have a sit-down for a fewminutes.你看起来很疲惫，为什么不来坐下休息几分钟呢？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Passive and not working
  • anywhere
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • bum
  • bum around
  • dormancy
  • idle
  • laze
  • leavesomeonebeidiom
  • lie around
  • moribund
  • navel
  • non-physical
  • recharge
  • siesta
  • sit onyourhandsidiom
  • sit round
  • slob
  • slob around (something)
  • slop around (something)
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sit-downnoun[S](TALK)

US
anoccasionwhen yousitdown andtalkseriouslywith someone:
坐下进行严肃交谈
Have a sit-down with her andtellher what theproblemis.和她坐下来认真地谈一次，告诉她问题在哪里。
(Definition ofsit downfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sit down| American Dictionary

sit down

phrasal verbwithsitverb
us
/sɪt/
tomovefrom astandingpositionto a sittingposition:
They sat down on aparkbench.
Sheslippedon theiceand sat down with athump.
(Definition ofsit downfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sit-down| Business English

sit-down
noun[C]
HR,WORKPLACE,MANAGEMENT
uk
us
(alsosit-down strike);(sit-down protest)
astrikein whichemployeesrefusetoworkor toleavetheiroffice,factory, etc. untilemployersagreetodiscusstheirdemands:
The six-day sit-down was aresponsebyautoworkersto theproposedclosureof theplant.
hold/stagea sit-down
(Definition ofsit-downfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsit down

sit down
As a form of protest the students organised asit-downon the roadway, forming a human barrier blocking the entry road to the terminal.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Ordinarily, righting reflexes would catch the animal before it toppled, but a simultaneoussit-downwithdrawal reflex can override this customary protection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Simultaneously, these comments are mutually contradictory: lack ofsit-downplanning on the one hand, yet at least a two-stage writing process, on the other.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although this approach does not exclude other ages, the older children and adolescents who were seen only once preferredsit-downmeetings.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When the police regrouped to form a stronger cordon, the marchers responded with asit-downprotest before voting to disperse and meet again at city hall.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It had nosit-downplanning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But where is this lag in providing further canteens in which a goodsit-downmeal can be supplied?
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Then there are sweets, which we also have at asit-downmeal.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What we want is asit-downmeal, properly cooked.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A passivesit-downis when someone sits down and does not do anything.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I refer to fish and chip shops where there are no facilities forsit-downmeals.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I suggest that a buffet supplying these light refreshments does not save food at all compared with an ordinarysit-downmeal.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I thought that, in his opening remarks, he distinguished between counter-processions andsit-downdemonstrations—"protest" implies a static protest, a crowd in the street.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One indeed got there as the result of the most famoussit-downstrike in political history.
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Then we have sandwiches, which means that much more bread is consumed than would be consumed at a normalsit-downmeal.
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