Both 'sit' for a while, reading their textbooks.

两个了一会儿，然后看书。

Come and sit down for a minute, Michelle.

过来一会儿, Michelle 。

You've been sitting at the computer for hours.

你已经在电脑前好几个小时了。

Sure, sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise.

一下子的确可以消除紧张，或是运动后恢复体力。

They sat side by side in silence for a moment.

两默默地了一会儿。

They should sit at a table for two, not the table for six.

他们应该两桌，而不是六桌。

She's been sat in hair and makeup for hours to look like that.

“她花了好几个小时做妆发，才呈现出这样的状态。”

So the old base sat idle for years, but not anymore.

因此，老基地闲置多年，但不再是了。

Some have been sitting untouched in storage for decades.

其中一些已经在储藏室里放了几十年了。

Because they've been sitting down for so long.

因为他们了太久了。

Does your job involve sitting at a computer for hours on end?

你每天上班是否要连续几个小时在电脑前？

Um. . we should really be sitting for this.

我们需要下来谈谈。

I sat smack-bang in the middle of the audience for that movie.

我在一堆观众的正中间看的电影。

Yeah, you guys standing up, you want to sit down for this.

没错，站起来的那几位， 你最好先下来。

And I had to sit there for eight hours constantly through pain.

我必须得在那儿八小时，一直着，忍着痛着。

I could've been in jail for sitting down for life, I could've been dead.

以前我可能会牢一辈子，可能会死。

Yeah, I think I sat in the same way for too long without moving.

是的，我想我是因为以同样的姿势的太久没有动。

And also, this will be a little more like that once it sits for awhile.

当然，放置一段时间后，两个罐子的颜色会接近一些。

Just sitting down for dinner with their family can feel like torture.

仅仅是下来和家共进晚餐就像是一种折磨。

So good is the portrait that one imagines the subject sat for it.

这张肖像画惟妙惟肖，会让想象到画中就在那里让给他画像。