sit up

熬夜; （使）端坐; 晚睡; <口>引起注意

1. sit up在线翻译

1. 坐起来;坐直
    If you sit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down.

    e.g. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.
           她一坐起身来就感到天旋地转。

2. 使…坐起身来;让…直起身子
    If you sit someone up, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down.

    e.g. She sat him up and made him comfortable.
           她帮他坐起身来，好让他舒服一点。

3. sit up

3. 深夜未睡;熬夜
    If you sit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late.

    e.g. We sat up drinking and talking...
           我们饮酒谈天，直至深夜。
    e.g. I didn't feel like sitting up all night.
           我不想熬通宵。

4. 突然关注;警觉
    If something makes you sit up, it makes you suddenly pay attention to what is happening.

    e.g. 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。

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1. Two kitties might curl up at your feet while you sit in the garden sipping a cup of coffee during a sunny afternoon.

2. We sit high up and observe the scenes below, like the Creator admiring his own work.

3. Lauper caused a stir as she descended into the audience, causing a flurry as spectators stood up and police ordered them to sit down again.

4. I paced up and down thinking about what to do until I felt dizzy and had to sit down.

5. If there was any remaining doubt about the urgent need to combat climate change, two reports issued last week should make the world sit up and take notice.

6. You don't have to dress up and sit in a concert hall to listen to a symphony.

7. When a group stays evergreen with no sign of fading, you sit up and want to know more about the formula for success.

8. sit up

8. He said he had grown so fat he could not sleep lying down and had to sit up through the night.

9. After that erhu player Ma and flutist Tang made the world sit up and listen to traditional Chinese music.

10. The vehicle commander and gunner can sit up in hatches to see the outside world.

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