sit for

基本解释

Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute.
不管你在做什么，停下来坐上一分钟。
I am not so sick but I can come to sit for the exam.
尽管我生病了，但还是能来参加考试，或，我还没有病到不能来参加考试。
We sit for long hours in front of a computer, glued to our chairs or stuck to our phones.
我们数小时地安坐在电脑面前，粘在椅子上不动窝，或者长时间拿着话筒打电话。

They say passengers who sit for hours need to drink plenty of water not liquids that contain alcohol or caffeine.
And there are very few people that you can sit down and speak to for, like, eight hours at a time.
很少有人你可以坐在一起,一次就能聊天聊8个小时。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
If it weren't for the New Critics, none of you probably would have been able to sit patiently through any of your middle or high school English classes.
不过我现在要说的是，如果没有新批评派，在座的同学之中没有人,能耐着性子坐在教室里,听中学语文课。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Let the stock sit for a minute or two and then strain out the solids.
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