sit up

英 [ˈsɪt ʌp]

美 [ˈsɪt ʌp]

坐起来; 坐直; 使…坐起身来; 让…直起身子; 深夜未睡; 熬夜

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 坐起来;坐直
  If yousit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down.
  1. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.
     她一坐起身来就感到天旋地转。
• PHRASAL VERB 使…坐起身来;让…直起身子
  If yousitsomeoneup, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down.
  1. She sat him up and made him comfortable.
     她帮他坐起身来，好让他舒服一点。
• PHRASAL VERB 深夜未睡;熬夜
  If yousit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late.
  1. We sat up drinking and talking...
     我们饮酒谈天，直至深夜。
  2. I didn't feel like sitting up all night.
     我不想熬通宵。
• PHRASAL VERB 突然关注;警觉
  If something makes yousit up, it makes you suddenly pay attention to what is happening.
  1. A defeat like that makes you sit up and think.
     那样的一次失败会令你警觉起来，开始思考。
• See also:sit-up

英英释义

verb

• not go to bed
  1. Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow
  2. We sat up all night to watch the election
  Synonym:stay up
• change to an upright sitting position
  1. He sat up in bed

双语例句

• We sat up drinking and talking
  我们饮酒谈天，直至深夜。
• When I sit on the commode, I can no longer sit up straight.
  当我坐在便桶上时，我怎么也坐不直身子。
• I shall get back very later, you don't sit up for me tonight.
  今晚我要回来得很迟，所以你不必等我回来再睡觉了。
• You really think he's going to sit up and take a drink?
  你真的以为他可以坐起来喝吗？
• You don't think I would like to sit up with my family on christmas?
  你觉得我不想在圣诞节的时候和家人坐在一起？
• They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning
  他们希望我晚上熬夜陪他们聊天到凌晨一两点。
• Can you sit up right like a good boy?
  你能像一个好男孩子那样坐正吗？
• A defeat like that makes you sit up and think.
  那样的一次失败会令你警觉起来，开始思考。
• The patient was but poorly able to sit up.
  病人仅能勉强坐起来。
• When my breathing becomes loboured, I have to sit up.
  当我的呼吸变得费力的时候，我就坐起来。