sit about

基本解释

A group of men sit about a mahogany table and agree; the next day their countrymen have that much more money to spend, that much less.
設想一下，一群人圍坐在一張紅木桌子旁，達成一致意見。第二天的結果無外乎兩種：要麽增加同胞手頭的錢，要麽減少他們持有的錢。
The structures, once a part of the towering mainland cliffs, now sit about 80 feet (24 meters) high and 20 feet (6 meters) wide in the midst of crashing waves.
這個搆造以前是在懸崖峭壁上，現在則是在海中接受著海浪的沖擊，大約80英尺（24米）高，20英尺（6米）寬。
This was the first time he had ever suggested doing an errand, but, somehow, the wish to sit about the house prompted it as a sort of compensation for the privilege.
主動提出要做點家務事，這在他還是第一次，然而不知怎麽地，他想坐在家裡的願望促使他這樣說，作爲享受坐在家裡的權利的某種補償。

And I tend to sit down and improvise. Within those improvisations certain motives and ideas will come about that I like."
That is to say, plays, in which various characters sit around or stand around and argue about philosophical positions.
即,以戯劇爲表現方式,其間各種人物悠閑地或坐或站,集聚一塊兒,探討各種哲學觀點
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選
I don't want to be told that I could sit here for the rest of my life just sort of parsing one sentence. Don't tell me about that.
我可不想坐在這裡學一輩子,就爲了解讀一個句子的意思，千萬別這麽告訴我。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選

Yet most men in the state system still sign on each day, even if they sit about.
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