sit up

phrasal verbphr v

a) SITto be in a sitting position or get into a sitting position after you have been lying down 坐着；〔从躺姿〕坐起来

He was sitting up in bed, reading his book.

他坐在床上看书。

She sat up and reached for her glass.

她坐起来伸手去拿杯子。

b) SIT sit somebody up to help someone to sit after they have been lying down 帮助某人坐起来

sit somebody up in/on etc

I’ll sit you up on the pillows and you’ll be nice and comfortable.

我扶你坐起来靠在枕头上，这样你就舒服了。

c) SITto sit in a chair with your back straight 坐直，端坐

Just sit up straight and stop slouching.

坐直身子，别无精打采的。

d) SLEEPto stay up very late 熬夜

Sometimes we just sit up and watch videos all night.

有时我们通宵熬夜看录像。

e) sit up (and take notice)ATTENTION to suddenly start paying attention to someone, because they have done something surprising or impressive 突然关注[注意]起来

If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice.

玛丽亚要是成功了，大家都会对她刮目相看。

Examples from the Corpus

sit up• When I got home, Nigel was sitting up in bed.• He sat up in his chair when I started talking about Chris.• Sit up like a big girl, and eat your dinner.• Sit up straight and put a cushion behind your lower back.• Cadets here are taught to always dress neatly and to sit up straight.

sit in/on etc• She sat herself up in bed and swung her little legs over the side.• Olivia could do nothing but sit perched up on her chair.• Mr Grange sits bundled up in his aluminum chair and cuts snowflakes out of lined notebook paper.• He just sat there up on his haunches, staring at it between her fingers.• Edwin would sit, propped up in his room, with plans of the estates and charts of the crops.• Jeanne sat hunched up on the wooden cot which served as a bed.

sit up straight• He sat up straighter and locked both hands on the wheel.• Children were to sit up straight and put their chins to their chests.• They all sat up straight as Patrick walked among them.• They sit up straight, eyes forward, and concentrate on their teacher.• Sit up straight in your chair and pay attention.• They never put their elbows on the table, and they sat up straight instead of slouching.• He sits up straight to do up the buttons or velcro fastenings.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• She sat up straight with folded hands, frowning at me.

sit up (and take notice)• I was still groggy, but I could sit up.• He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder.• After a bit they sat up and watched the welcome breeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley.• They sat up side by side in the bed, naked, listening, but Valerie no longer felt safe.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• Carol was dying, and he cried out in his sleep and sat up trembling with cold sweats in the heat.• I sat up, wondering what the hell!

→ sit up at sit(PHRASAL VERB)

词汇	sit up
释义	sit up sit up phrasal verbphr v a) SITto be in a sitting position or get into a sitting position after you have been lying down 坐着；〔从躺姿〕坐起来 He was sitting up in bed, reading his book. 他坐在床上看书。 She sat up and reached for her glass. 她坐起来伸手去拿杯子。 b) SIT sit somebody up to help someone to sit after they have been lying down 帮助某人坐起来 sit somebody up in/on etc I’ll sit you up on the pillows and you’ll be nice and comfortable. 我扶你坐起来靠在枕头上，这样你就舒服了。 c) SITto sit in a chair with your back straight 坐直，端坐 Just sit up straight and stop slouching. 坐直身子，别无精打采的。 d) SLEEPto stay up very late 熬夜 Sometimes we just sit up and watch videos all night. 有时我们通宵熬夜看录像。 e) sit up (and take notice)ATTENTION to suddenly start paying attention to someone, because they have done something surprising or impressive 突然关注[注意]起来 If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice. 玛丽亚要是成功了，大家都会对她刮目相看。 Examples from the Corpus sit up• When I got home, Nigel was sitting up in bed.• He sat up in his chair when I started talking about Chris.• Sit up like a big girl, and eat your dinner.• Sit up straight and put a cushion behind your lower back.• Cadets here are taught to always dress neatly and to sit up straight. sit in/on etc• She sat herself up in bed and swung her little legs over the side.• Olivia could do nothing but sit perched up on her chair.• Mr Grange sits bundled up in his aluminum chair and cuts snowflakes out of lined notebook paper.• He just sat there up on his haunches, staring at it between her fingers.• Edwin would sit, propped up in his room, with plans of the estates and charts of the crops.• Jeanne sat hunched up on the wooden cot which served as a bed. sit up straight• He sat up straighter and locked both hands on the wheel.• Children were to sit up straight and put their chins to their chests.• They all sat up straight as Patrick walked among them.• They sit up straight, eyes forward, and concentrate on their teacher.• Sit up straight in your chair and pay attention.• They never put their elbows on the table, and they sat up straight instead of slouching.• He sits up straight to do up the buttons or velcro fastenings.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• She sat up straight with folded hands, frowning at me. sit up (and take notice)• I was still groggy, but I could sit up.• He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder.• After a bit they sat up and watched the welcome breeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley.• They sat up side by side in the bed, naked, listening, but Valerie no longer felt safe.• Léonie sat up straight, tucked her feet to one side, put her hands round her knees.• Carol was dying, and he cried out in his sleep and sat up trembling with cold sweats in the heat.• I sat up, wondering what the hell! → sit up at sit(PHRASAL VERB)
随便看	look nothing like sth look on look on the bright side look out! look out lookout look out for look out for number one look out for sb look out for somebody look out for somebody/something look out for something look out for sth lookouts look out something look out sth look over look over sb look over somebody look over something look over sth look rough look-round look round lookround