We wait for someone to bring change without ever thinking of changing ourselves.

我们坐等别人改变世界，却从未想过要改变自己。

It's just sitting there ready to obliterate anything that becomes a threat.

他们可能就坐等去消灭任何可能成为隐患的东西。

I thought I cannot just be sitting there, waiting for any help.

我想，我可不能坐等帮助。

Great men never wait for opportunities; they make them.

伟大的人们从不坐等机会；他们会自行创造。

You cannot just sit around in an organization waiting for people to promote you.

不能仅仅在一个单位里坐等别人来升你。

It's sold out today, so we're sitting by third base.

今已经卖完了，所以我们只能坐等三垒了。

He wanted to take action at the best time possible and not wait.

他想在时机可能好的时候就采取行动而不是坐等。

So what do we do now? Sit here and wait for him to come back?

那现在怎么办？坐等他回来吗？

We can't just wait for improvement.

我们不能坐等情况的改善。

We could build it for nothing and pay off the majority of the loan by tomorrow.

我们可以什么都不造，坐等明就能基本还。

At half past eight, I was up in the third tree, waiting for the messenger to arrive.

我八点钟时已经躺在树上，像只树蛙似的坐等送信人的到来。

Impossible suicides? Four of them? No point sitting at home when there's finally something fun going on!

不可能的自杀事件？还是四起？终于有好玩的了，没理由坐等在家中！

The opportunity to do more than just let it run its course is really only in the last decade.

只有过去十年，我们才有机会做更多事情，而非坐等，由命。

So they sit there. I know people who do that in real life. They wait for the right opportunity.

于是，他们就坐在那里边发牢骚边等待。我知道他们在现实生活中也会这么做——坐等好机会的到来。

Then they complain that they would have gotten out of the Rat Race if they had had more money.

于是，他们慨叹要是有足够的钱就一定能在“老鼠赛跑”中取胜，所以他们也在那里坐等。

But while he was waiting for inspiration to hit, he took a day off to do his bit for the cause.

但是当他坐等灵感来访期间，他给自己放了一假专心致力于这项工作。

I do not believe that you just sit back and wait for something to happen.

我不相信你只是坐等事情发生。

We can't sit around waiting for a solution.

我们不能坐等解决方案。

I cannot just sit and wait as my city continues to sink.

我不能坐等我的城市继续下沉。

You can't just sit around waiting for some girl to fall in love with you.

你不能坐等某个女孩爱上你。