| 词汇 | sit on something |
| 释义 | sit on something phrasal verb with sit verb uk/sɪt/ us/sɪt/ sitting | sat informal (DELAY) 拖延，延迟 to delay taking action about something The company has been sitting on my letter for weeks without dealing with my complaint. 公司将我的信搁置了数周，没有处理我的投诉。 (KEEP SECRET) mainly disapproving对…保密，不让别人知道… to prevent people from knowing a piece of information The city council will presumably sit on the report until after the election. 市政府大概在选举前不想公布这份报告的内容。 sit on someone phrasal verb with sit verb uk/sɪt/ us/sɪt/ sitting | sat informal 管制（某人），压制（某人） to force someone to be silent or not to do something The boss is going to sit on him to make sure he says nothing. 老板要向他施压，确保他保持沉默。 |
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