sit about

基本解释

A group of men sit about a mahogany table and agree; the next day their countrymen have that much more money to spend, that much less.
设想一下，一群人围坐在一张红木桌子旁，达成一致意见。第二天的结果无外乎两种：要么增加同胞手头的钱，要么减少他们持有的钱。
The structures, once a part of the towering mainland cliffs, now sit about 80 feet (24 meters) high and 20 feet (6 meters) wide in the midst of crashing waves.
这个构造以前是在悬崖峭壁上，现在则是在海中接受着海浪的冲击，大约80英尺（24米）高，20英尺（6米）宽。
This was the first time he had ever suggested doing an errand, but, somehow, the wish to sit about the house prompted it as a sort of compensation for the privilege.
主动提出要做点家务事，这在他还是第一次，然而不知怎么地，他想坐在家里的愿望促使他这样说，作为享受坐在家里的权利的某种补偿。

And I tend to sit down and improvise. Within those improvisations certain motives and ideas will come about that I like."
That is to say, plays, in which various characters sit around or stand around and argue about philosophical positions.
即,以戏剧为表现方式,其间各种人物悠闲地或坐或站,集聚一块儿,探讨各种哲学观点
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I don't want to be told that I could sit here for the rest of my life just sort of parsing one sentence. Don't tell me about that.
我可不想坐在这里学一辈子,就为了解读一个句子的意思，千万别这么告诉我。
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Yet most men in the state system still sign on each day, even if they sit about.
ECONOMIST: North Korean society is turbulent and in flux