如果外国人突然跟你说“sit well with”，你的第一反应是什么？“坐得好”？它其实是受某人欢迎的意思。

sit right/well (with sb) （某人）可接受；受（某人）欢迎

Their decision/answer didn't sit well with the Board of Directors.

他们的决定/答案没有得到董事会的认可。

还有我们平时经常说的“sit down”，如果加上“with sb”，意思就会变了。

sit down with 和某人讨论

“sit down”的意思是“坐下”，但是如果后面加上“with sb”，整个的意思就变成了“和某人讨论”。所以，“sit down with you”意思是“和你一起讨论”，这种交流一般比较严肃，可能是职场上面经常会遇到的表达。

To get that direction, you need to sit down with your executives to determine the kind of information they want.

为了获得该方向，您需要与主管一起讨论确定他们需要的信息类型。



The first step, we are told, was to sit down with representatives from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries to work out a deal.

第一步，我们必须与来自保险和医药行业的代表一起协商，达成一个方案。

还有一个类似的表达“sit down and do sth”，中文意思是“坐下来讨论”。

I think we should sit down and talk about this.

我认为我们应该坐下来讨论一下这件事。



“sit”最常见的意思就是“（使）坐，（使）坐下，（使）就座”。但是除此之外，它还有以下几种意思，可以了解一下。

① to be a model for a painter, photographer, etc.

（为画家、摄影师等）做模特

Monet's wife sat for him many times.

莫奈的妻子多次给他做模特。

② to stay in one place for a long time and not be used

保持不动；闲置不用

The encyclopedia sits on my shelf at home, gathering dust.

那本百科全书搁在我家的书架上，落满了灰尘。



③ to be in a particular position

坐落在，位于

The town sits at/in the bottom of a valley.

村庄位于谷底。

④ (of clothes) to fit someone in a particular way

（衣服）合身

That coat sits very well on you.

你穿那件外套很合身。

⑤ to hold an official meeting of a committee, court, etc.

（议会、法庭等）开会，开庭

The court will sit tomorrow morning.

法庭将于明天上午开庭。

⑥ to take an exam

参加考试

After I've sat my exams, I'm going on holiday.

考试结束后，我将去度假。

I sat for my exams today.

我今天参加考试了。



⑦ to be a member of an official group

成为（官方组织的）成员；（在…中）任职

I'm going to be sitting on the committee for one more year.

我将再任一年的委员会委员



“sit”这个词虽然简单，但是它衍生出的俚语和短语表达却有很多。

be sitting pretty 因为有钱而处境好，生活优裕

They bought their house while prices were low, so now they're sitting pretty.

他们在房价很低时买下了自己的房子，所以他们现在生活得很舒适。

sit on one's hands 不鼓掌，（对演出、报告、发言等）反应冷淡或产生反感

They sat on their hands from the beginning till the end of this show.

他们对这场演出从头至尾反应冷淡。

sit on one's ass/arse 无所事事，袖手旁观（尤指不履行职责）

She just sits on her arse all day, while I do all the work.

她整天无所事事，而我却要做所有的工作。



sit at someone's feet 崇拜（某人）

I've been sitting at the professor's feet ever since I heard his astounding lecture on quantum mechanics.

自从我听了那位教授关于量子力学的令人惊叹的讲座后，就一直很崇拜他。



sit in for sb 代替（某人）履行职责；代（某人）出席会议

Mr Baker is ill today, so Miss Dixon is sitting in for him (as your teacher).

贝克先生今天病了，因此由狄克逊小姐替他（上课）。

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