n.(名词)

1. [C] (做某事的)连续的一段时间 continuous period spent engaged in an activity
2. [C] (议会、法庭等)开会(或开庭) time during which assembly is engaged in business
3. [C] (分开就餐时的)一批 session in which meal is served

Noun:

1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait);

   "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
   

2. the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position;

   "he read the mystery at one sitting"
   

3. a meeting of spiritualists;

   "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
   

4. a session as of a legislature or court

Adjective:

1. (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks;

   "the seated Madonna"
   "the audience remained seated"
   

2. not moving and therefore easy to attack;

   "a sitting target"
   

1. I read the book at a single sitting.
   我坐着一口气把这本书读完了。
2. The sitting is open.
   现在开会了。
3. A hundred people can be served at one sitting.
   可同时供一百人就餐。

• The people who had sittings in the great pew.

  出自：Sydney Smith

A hundred people can be served at one sitting (= at the same time) .

可同时供一百人就餐。

I read the book in one sitting .

我坐下来一口气就把那本书看完了。

Dinner was in two sittings.

分两批吃晚饭。

...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.

联合国安全理事会最近召开的几次紧急会议

...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.

在我们的历史上发生的现任总统与前任总统之间最为严重的一次冲突

If we'd let them buy it for a quarter of a million, we'd be sitting pretty by now.

要是当初我们让他以 25 万的价钱买下来的话，我们现在就会处于上风了。

While quality of life has improved, there's still a lot of burnout.

在生活质量提高的同时, 却有许多人身心疲惫.

The cat was sitting on an upturned crate.

猫儿蹲坐在倒放的板条箱上.

We were sitting there talking this and that.

我们坐在那儿谈这谈那.

She tramped up the beach to where he was sitting.

她踩着沉重的步子,沿着海滩向着他坐着的地方走去.

The problems don't worry you; you're sitting pretty.

这些问题难不了你, 你处于极为有利的地位.

They were all sitting round the fire.

他们正围坐在炉火旁.

She was sitting with her hands on her lap.

她坐着,把手放到膝上.

My mother prefers working to sitting idly.

妈妈喜欢干活而不喜欢闲呆着.

He pictured to himself the family sitting out on the lawn.

他想象家里人坐在草地上.

They are sitting on that particular idea.

他们在压制那个特别的想法.

She was sitting manicuring her nails.

她正坐着修指甲.

The hen is sitting.

母鸡抱窝了.

She was sitting on the rocks in the torrid sun.

她头顶灼热的骄阳坐在岩石上.

We left him sitting on the stump.

我们留下他一个坐在树桩上.

He thawed after sitting at a fire for a while.

在火堆旁坐了一会儿,他觉得暖和起来了.

There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk.

我书桌前坐着一个从未见过的陌生人。

I spend most of my working day sitting at a desk.

我一天之中大部分工作时间都坐在办公桌旁。

The two women were sitting as far away from each other as possible.

那两个女人坐在离对方尽可能远的地方。

If you're sitting in the front yard, you can't hear yourself think because the traffic is getting very, very bad.

如果你坐在前院，就会被吵死，因为外面交通太混乱了。

She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.

她坐在扶手椅中，身上裹着毯子。

I was sitting on a wobbly plastic chair.

我正坐在一把摇摇晃晃的塑料椅上。

He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar.

他独自坐在那儿，抽着一只大雪茄。