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Sit-in

發佈時間: 2019/08/23

Sit-in

靜坐(sit-in)、遊行、連儂牆、不合作運動、三罷……小市民連月來都嘗試了,還能做甚麼政府才會醒覺,明白政治問題必須政治解決﹖

單字sit解「坐」,加上介詞in,變成短語動詞(phrasal verb)sit in則有不一樣的意思。Sit in可以指「靜坐抗議、靜坐示威」。例句︰Hundreds of workers sat in at the company's headquarter entrance for three days.(數百名工人在公司總部入口處靜坐了三天。)Thousands sat in at the airport, leading to flight cancellations for a whole afternoon.(數千人在機場靜坐示威,導致整整一個下午的航班取消。)Sit-in用作名詞時,需加上連字符號(hyphen),可以配搭動詞stage(舉行)組句。例如,Protesters staged a sit-in at the Yuen Long station.(示威者在元朗站靜坐。)

Sit in還可以解「列席、旁聽」,出席會議或課堂,但不參與。如想說明代替甚麼人出席,可以用句式sit in for somebody。例句︰Helen will sit in at the meeting for the Principal who is currently on a business trip.(因校長正在出差,海倫將列席會議。)Your new supervisor would like to sit in on your class this morning.(你的新主管希望今天早上來聽你講課。)

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