| 词汇 | sit-in |
| 释义 | sit inphrasal verb with sitverbuk /sɪt/ us /sɪt/present participlesitting | past tense and past participlesat (COMPLAIN)to go as a group into a public building and refuse to leave or to allow normal activities to continue there until a situation that you are complaining about is changed（在公共建筑物内）静坐示威 See also sit-in Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner (BE PRESENT)to be present in a meeting or class, watching it but not taking part in it: 列席;旁听 sit in onThere will be a school inspector sitting in on your class this morning.今天上午将有一名督学来听你的课。 He invited me to sit in on the orchestra's rehearsals. Present all over appearance attendance attendant be in at the killidiom bulk face front immanent immanently in the fleshidiom kick kick around kill present seropositive sit sit through something synchronic synchronically sit-in noun[ C ] uk /ˈsɪt.ɪn/ us /ˈsɪt̬.ɪn/ an occasion when a group of people go into a public building and refuse to leave or allow normal activities to continue there until a situation that they are complaining about is changed: 静坐抗议，静坐示威 Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign.作为抗议活动的一部分，学生们在大学办公楼里静坐示威。 Activism & pressure groups active citizen active citizenship active resistance activism activist circulator citizen advocacy clicktivism clicktivist counter-demonstrate identity politics insurgency insurrection interest group lobbyist social entrepreneur special interest group stage a demonstration super-lobbyist super-militant sit in | American Dictionarysit inphrasal verb with sitverbus/sɪt/ (BE PRESENT)to be present at an event without being involved: Do you mind if I sit in on your class? sit inphrasal verb with sitverbus/sɪt/ (ACT FOR SOMEONE)to fulfill a responsibility for another person: The vice president will sit in for the president at today’s meeting. A musician who sits in plays music with someone the musician does not usually play with: Jeanne needed a drummer and asked if I could sit in. sit-in noun[ C ] us/ˈsɪt̬ˌɪn/ social studies a public event in which a person or group enters a place and refuses to leave until certain demands have been agreed to: Students carried out a sit-in at the governor’s office to protest higher tuition costs. sit-in | Business Englishsit-in noun[ C ] WORKPLACE, HRukus a situation in which a group of people protest by sitting down and refusing to leave until their complaints are dealt with: a 24-hour/30-day/3 week, etc. sit-inOpponents of the bill launched a 40-day, 24-hour sit-in outside the building. hold/stage a sit-in Examples of sit insit in The coercion may be immediate, as when a march or sit-in prevents a person from entering a building or using a public street. By contrast, if the issues a social movement wishes to bring into public discourse are already unfavourably framed, why should a demonstration or sit-in be useful? Certainly in my university there has not been the whiff of a"demo"or a sit-in about this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was required to telephone students to entice them to reveal the names of the principal organisers of the sit-in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now men and women in the community are involved in a sit-in because the only industry that they have left is disappearing before their eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not need to be lawyers to understand that a sit-in is unlawful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A successful sit-in could not be to the advantage of the men concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No payment was made to the workers until after a sit-in had forced the company's hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely these are matters to be dealt with through the usual channels by intelligent, civilised discussion and not by a sit-in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been no strike or sit-in by the entrepreneurial section of our society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But that was not to the credit of those who inspired the "sit-in". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, the answer to class parliamentary democracy is that a sit-in must take place and, indeed, it is taking place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prospects of a favourable outcome are not enhanced by the prolongation of the sit-in and picket of the company's premises conducted by former employees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The management made some equivocal comments on the sit-in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be a sit-in, because he will ask the chaps to sitin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sit in These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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