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火 眼 金 睛
seat & sit
1. seat和sit作为动词，都可以表示“坐”的意思。
(1) seat是及物动词，比较正式，常以被动形式表示主动意义。如：
He is seated between Jack and Tom.
她坐在杰克和汤姆之间。
Please be seated. (=Please seat yourself.) 请坐。
(2) sit通常作不及物动词用，比较口语化。如：
The students are sitting at their desks.
学生们正坐在课桌旁。
Sit down, please. 请坐。
2. seat还可作名词用(而sit只能作动词用)，常见短语take a seat (相当于have a seat或take one’s seat) ，意为“坐下，就座”。如：
Take your seat, please. 请就坐。
[跟踪练习]下列各句均有一处错误，请指出并改正。
1. Hu Peng seats beside me in class.
2. The baby is seating on her mother’s knees.
3. Please take a sit, the manager will soon be here.
4. “Please seat you,” the teacher said.
5. I found him seating there.
山东 张雪云
Key:
1. seats→sits 2. seating→seated / sitting 3. sit→seat
4. you→yourself / yourselves 5. seating→sitting / seated
摘自英语周报外研版
