| 单词 | sit down |
| 释义 | sit down1. sit [sense 2], sit [sense 3] 2. phrasal verb If you sit down and do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something. Have you both sat down and worked out a budget together? [VERB PARTICLE] 150 countries sat down to discuss the impact of human activities on the atmosphere. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. See also sit-down See full dictionary entry for sitsit-down1. singular noun If you have a sit-down, you sit down and rest for a short time. [British, informal] All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A sit-down meal is served to people sitting at tables. A sit-down dinner was followed by a disco. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In a sit-down protest, people refuse to leave a place until they get what they want. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office. sit down in British Englishverb (adverb) 1. to adopt or cause (oneself or another) to adopt a sitting posture 2. (intransitive; foll by under) to suffer (insults, etc) without protests or resistance noun sit-down 3. an instance of sitting down 4. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators sit down in a public place as a protest or to draw attention to a cause 5. sit-down strike adjective sit-down 6. (of a meal, etc) eaten while sitting down at a table sit-down in British English (ˈsɪtdaʊn) modifier 1. of or relating to an event where people sit down A sit-down dinner was followed by a disco. We had a sit-down lunch. They staged a number of sit-down strikes. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office. noun 2. informal a seat; an act of sitting down I need a sit-down. All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down. sit down in American English1. to lower oneself to a sitting position; take a seat 2. to settle down for or as for a siege sit-down in American English (ˈsɪtˌdaʊn) US noun 1. a strike, usually illegal, in which the strikers stay inside a factory, etc., refusing to work or leave until agreement is reached : in full sit-down strike2. sit-in 3. a meeting or conference adjective 4. served to persons, as guests, who are seated at a table a sit-down dinner for twelve Examples of 'sit down' in a sentence |
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