永遠不要小瞧簡單的小學生都認識的小詞鳞溉，這種詞意思極多。
As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam...
你沒想到開車堵路上了诊赊，還可以用坐等這個詞表達吧奈虾？
聯(lián)想起以前看到的sit的其它用法
sit a meeting參加個會議
sit on her eggs禽類孵蛋
sit tight坐穩(wěn)嘍別動
sit ones exams參加考試
原文里sit含義如下
DO NOTHING 不干事
[I always + adv/prep] to stay in one place for a long time, especially sitting down, doing nothing useful or helpful 閑（坐）著
I spent half the morning sitting in a traffic jam.
我遇上塞車，坐在車里等了半個上午菜职。
Well, I can’t sit here chatting all day.
好了青抛，我可不能整天坐在這兒閑扯。
Are you just going to sit there complaining?
你就打算坐在那里發(fā)牢騷嗎酬核？
