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

• Can you sit up right like a good boy?
  你能像一个好男孩子那样坐正吗？
• Now, children, I want you all to sit up just as straight.
  孩子们，现在我要你们都尽量地、端端正正地坐起来。
• I told him about his father's affair with my daughter-that makes him sit up.
  我对他说他父亲与我女儿有暖昧关系&这使他警觉了起来。
• He's much better today; he's able to sit up in bed now.
  他今天好多了，现在可以在床上坐起来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The patient was but poorly able to sit up.
  病人仅能勉强坐起来。
• You can sit up the steps and in the aisles.
  可以坐在阶梯上或通道中。
• And if you're Yahoo, this is time to sit up and take notice that you're next.
  如果你是雅虎，你该坐下来，想想自己的下一步如何发展了。
• 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。