seat
noun
verb
siːt noun
1
PLACE TO SIT
坐的地方
a place where you can sit, especially one in a vehicle or one from which you watch a performance, sports event etc 座，座位 C
2
OFFICIAL POSITION
正式职位
a position as an elected member of a government, or as a member of a group that makes official decisions 席位 C | BrE BrE
[+ in/on ]
a seat in the National Assembly
国民议会中的一个席位
Promotion would mean a seat on the board of directors.
升职意味着在董事会中拥有一个席位。
Parliamentary/Senate etc seat
the Senate seat for Colorado
科罗拉多州的参议员席位
win/lose etc a seat
He predicts that his party will gain at least 12 seats .
他预测他的政党将至少赢得 12 个席位。
Mr Adams is expected to keep his seat .
预计亚当斯先生可以保住他的席位。
Labour held the seat with a 7% majority.
工党以 7% 的优势拥有这个席位。
safe seat
marginal seat
3
PART OF A CHAIR
椅子的一部分
the flat part of a chair etc that you sit on 〔椅子等的〕座部 C usually singular 一般用单数
Don’t put your feet on the seat!
不要把脚放在椅座上！
a wooden toilet seat
木质的抽水马桶座
a broken bicycle seat
损坏的自行车座
4
baby/child/car seat
a special seat that you put in a car for a baby or small child 婴儿/儿童/汽车座位
5
seat of government/power
a city where a country’s government is based [正式] 政府所在地 formal
6
seat of learning
a university, college etc [正式] 学府 formal
7
CLOTHES
衣服
the part of your trousers that you sit on 〔裤子的〕臀部，后裆 singular 单数
[+ of ]
a rip in the seat of his jeans
他牛仔裤臀部上的裂缝
8
take a back seat (to sb/sth)
to have less influence or importance 退居次要位置
Foreign policy will take a back seat to domestic problems for a while.
外交政策暂时要排在国内问题之后了。
9
on the edge of your seat
waiting excitedly to see what happens next 心情紧张地等待，兴奋地等待〔某事〕
a gripping movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat
一部扣人心弦、让人屏息等待的影片
10
do sth by the seat of your pants
10. to do something by using only your own skill and experience, without any help from anyone or anything else, especially when this is risky or dangerous 仅凭经验冒险做某事
11
in the driving seat in the driver’s seat
11. ; in the driver’s seat AmE [美] controlling what happens in a situation, organization, or relationship 处于控制地位，处在统领地位 BrE AmE
We’re trying to put young people in the driving seat .
我们尽量让年轻人来当家作主。
12
in the hot seat on the hot seat
12. also 又作 in a difficult position where you have to make important decisions, answer questions etc [美，非正式] 处于〔必须作出重大决定、回答问题等的〕困难境地 AmE informal
13
HOUSE
房子
a home of a rich important family in the countryside 〔大户人家在乡间的〕别墅，宅邸 C
family/country seat
verb
14 if a place seats a number of people, it has enough seats for that number 〔房间、车辆、桌子等〕坐得下…人，能供给…座位 not in progressive 不用进行式
The arena seats 60,000.
这个圆形运动场能坐 60,000 人。
15
seat yourself (in/on/beside etc sth)
to sit down somewhere 使自己就座（在某物的里边/上面/旁边等） formal
She seated herself at her desk.
她坐在自己的书桌旁。
16 to arrange for someone to sit somewhere 安排〔某人〕就座
seat sb beside/near etc sb/sth
the old custom of seating boys and girls on opposite sides of the classroom
让男孩和女孩分坐在教室两边的老习惯