seat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a piece of furniture or part of a train, plane, etc. that has been designed for someone to sit on -- 座位； 座椅

  • Chairs, sofas and benches are different types of seat. 椅子、沙發和長凳是不同類型的座椅。

  • Please have/take a seat (= sit down). 請坐。

  • A car usually has a driver's seat, a front/passenger seat and back/rear seats. 小轎車通常有一個駕駛座、一個前座／客座和幾個後排座。

  • My ticket says 22D but there's already someone in (= sitting on) that seat. 我的票是22D，但已經有人佔了那個位子。

  • Is this seat free/taken (= is anyone using it)? 這個位子有人嗎？

  • Would you keep (= stop anyone else from sitting in) my seat (for me) while I go get some food? 我去買東西吃的時候，你能否幫我看著我的座位？

  • formal Please stay in/keep your seats (= stay sitting down) until asked to leave. 沒叫你們離開之前請不要離開座位。

  • Could I book/reserve two seats (= arrange for them to be officially kept for me) for tomorrow evening's performance? 我可以預約兩張明晚演出的票嗎？

• 1 the part of a piece of furniture or clothing on which a person sits -- （傢俱的）座部；（褲子的）臀部

  • I've spilled some coffee on the seat of the armchair. 我不小心把咖啡灑在扶手椅的椅面上。

  • The seat of those trousers looks a little tight. Do you want to try a larger size? 那條褲子的臀部有點緊，你看要不要試試大一號的？

• 2 an official position as a politician or member of a group of people who control something -- 席位

  • She has a seat on the board of directors. 她是董事會成員。

  • He is expected to lose his seat on the city council in next month's elections. 在下個月的選舉中，他可能會失去自己在市議會的席位。

  • She won her seat in Parliament in 2004. 她在2004年當選議員。

  • He has a very safe seat (= a position that is very unlikely to be lost in an election). 他（在選舉中）能夠穩保席位。

  • I'm sorry - he's not in his seat right now. 抱歉，他現在不在他的座位上。

  • On receipt of the tuition fees, the college will issue a letter confirming your seat on the course. 當受到學費後，學院會發信確認你在課程內的位置。

• 3 a place that acts as a base or centre for an important activity -- （重大活動的）基地，中心

  • The seat of government in the US is in Washington, DC. 美國政府所在地是華盛頓。

  • St Petersburg was the seat of the Russian Revolution. 聖彼得堡是俄國革命的中心。

• 4 to arrange for someone to have a particular seat -- 給…安排座位

  • The waiter greeted me with a big smile and seated us by the window. 服務員笑容滿面地招呼我，並安排我們在窗邊坐下。

  • "I'm so glad to see you!" she said, seating herself between Eleanor and Marianne. 「見到你們真是太高興了！」她邊說邊在埃莉諾和瑪麗安娜中間坐了下來。

  • The new concert hall seats 1,500 people. 新音樂廳可容納1500人。

• 5 with enough seats for the particular number of people -- 有…個座位的

  • a 2,000-seat theatre 有2000個座位的劇院