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| 1 | C something you can sit on 座椅；椅子；座位 |
| Some of the vans have leather seats. 一些货车有皮座椅。 |
| The seat next to me was empty. 我旁边的座位是空的。 |
| He was in the back seat of the car when the accident happened. 事故发生时他坐在车后座。 |
| passenger seat (=the seat next to the driver of a vehicle) She put her bag on the passenger seat and started the car. （司机旁的）客座 |
| window seat (=a seat next to a window on a plane, bus, or train) He had to squeeze past another passenger to get to the window seat. （飞机、汽车或火车的）窗口座位 |
| | 1a | a seat as a passenger on a plane , bus etc or as a member of the audience in a theatre , which you pay for in order to use （交通工具或剧院观众席的）座位 | | I managed to get us the best seats in the theatre. 我设法为我们搞到了剧院最好的座位。 | | We tried to get on the Friday flight, but there were no seats left. 我们想坐星期五的航班，但没有剩余的座位了。 | |
| | 1b | C the part of a chair that you sit on 椅座 | | The broken seat of the chair was replaced. 裂开的椅座被更换了。 | |
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| 2 | C a position as a member of a parliament , committee , court etc （议会、委员会、法庭等的）席位，职位 |
| +in The Green Party won 4 seats in the new parliament. 绿党在新议会中赢得了4个席位。 |
| +on a permanent seat on the UN Security Council 在联合国安理会的永久席位 |
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| 3 | C usually singular the place where an organization has its main building , or where an important activity happens （组织或重大活动的）所在地 |
| +of The Hague is the seat of the Dutch Government. 海牙是荷兰政府所在地。 |
| She spoke of Oxford, that ancient seat of learning. 她说到了牛津，那个古老的学府。 |
| | 3a | a large house in the countryside that belongs to an important family 宅第；别墅 | | The Duke’ s family seat is at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. 公爵的家宅在诺森伯兰郡的阿尼克城堡。 | |
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| 4 | C usually singular the part of a piece of clothing that covers your bottom （衣服的）臀部 |
| Sandy stood up and dusted off the seat of his shorts. 桑迪站起来拍掉短裤臀部的灰。 |
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| 5 | singular the position in which someone sits on a horse 骑马的坐姿；骑姿 |
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| - | (flying) by the seat of your pants
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| using only your judgment and skill , when you are doing something new and you cannot rely on your previous experience |
| 凭感觉；凭直觉 |
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| We started the business in 1996, and for the first couple of years we were flying by the seat of our pants. 我们1996年开办公司，最初几年我们是凭直觉做事。 |
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| - | on the edge of your seat
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| excited and impatient to know what will happen next |
| 紧张地，迫不及待地（想知道） |
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| The game kept the supporters on the edge of their seats. 这场比赛使支持者们一直十分紧张。 |
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| - | a seat at the table
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| a position as a member of a group that makes decisions |
| 决策权 |
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| All disabled athletes want is a seat at the discussion table. 残疾运动员们所想要的只是参与讨论的权利。 |
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| - | take a back seat (to)
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| to have a less important position than someone or something else |
| 退居次席 |
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| He took a back seat, letting his finance ministers do the talking. 他退居次席，让他的财政部长们进行商谈。 |
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| - | take a seat
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| to sit down |
| 坐下 |
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| Hi, come on in, take a seat. 嗨，进来坐下。 |
| I took a seat at the bar. 我在吧台坐下了。 |
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| - | take your seat
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| 1 | to sit down , especially in a place that has been kept for you 就座 | They took their seats in the front row. 他们在前排就座。 | |
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| 2 | to begin work as a member of a parliament , committee etc （在议会、委员会等）就职 | Who was the first woman MP to take her seat at Westminster? 第一个在威斯敏斯特就职的女议员是谁？ | |
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| Words frequently used with seat | | seat 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | gain, hold, lose, retain, secure, take, win, | 2 | | | |
| See also | | - bum 1 | | - hot seat | |
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