The little girl sat upright in the chair, holding her book carefully.

小女孩笔直地端坐椅子上，小心翼翼地拿着书。

What do professors and academics sitting in their ivory towers know about the real world?

那些坐象牙塔里的教授和者对真实世界又知道多少？

Wham-bam!—we were sitting in a wreck at the foot of the cliff.

哇噻！——我们就坐悬崖下面的遇难船里。

It's been sitting in the coatroom for a month.

它扔间里整整一个月了。”

They sat in a circle round the fire.

他们围着火坐成一圈。

We'll be sitting in the second carriage from the bottom of the train.

我们的位置倒数二节车厢里。

Joe enjoys sitting in the catbird seat.

乔享受着他的有利地位。

There he sat for hours in a (brown) study.

他坐那儿沉思了几小。

The students sat in at the administrative building to protest against discrimination of race.

们办公大楼静坐,抗议种族歧视。

She sat in the house day after day, pining for her lover.

她一连几天坐房屋里, 思念着自己的情人。

There is nowhere for us to sit in here.

这里没我们坐的地方啦!

He sat with his nose in the air and never bothered to speak to anybody.

他目中无人地坐那里，对谁也不理不睬。

The ingredients sat in the bowl unstirred while she buttered the pan.

她为平底锅抹黄油，各种配料碗里沉淀下来。

He sat in his (most) favored corner by the fire.

他坐火炉边他最喜爱的角落里。

We sat in a semicircle facing the teacher.

我们面对着老师坐成半圆形。

The hostess indicated where the guests were to sit in her usual dictatorial manner.

女主人用她平的专横傲慢的态度指示宾客坐的地方。

The little boy sat in a gloomy corner.

小男孩坐一个阴暗的角落。

Dolly was sitting in the bath shampooing her hair.

多莉坐浴缸里洗发。

An operator wearing earphone was sitting in the telephone exchange.

戴耳机的接线员正坐总机室里。

She sat in an armchair by the fire, reading a newspaper.

她坐炉火边的扶手椅中读报纸。