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

两个人都坐了一会儿，然后看书。

Come and sit down for a minute, Michelle.

过来坐一会儿, Michelle 。

You've been sitting at the computer for hours.

你坐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.

坐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.

两人默默地坐了一会儿。

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

他们应该坐两人桌，而不是人桌。

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，但不再是了。

Some have been sitting untouched in storage for decades.

其中一在储藏室里放了几十了。

Because they've been sitting down for so long.

因为他们坐了太久了。

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坐在电脑前？

Um. . we should really be sitting for this.

我们需要坐下来谈谈。

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

我坐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， 你最好先坐下来。

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

我必须得坐在那儿八小时，一直坐着，忍着痛坐着。

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

以前我可能会坐牢坐一辈子，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坐的太久没有动。

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。

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

仅仅是坐下来和家人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，会让人想象到画中人就坐在那里让人给他画像。