He was about to sit for his entrance exam.

当时他正要参加入学考试。

《牛津词典》

Just sit for a while and relax. It will do you a world of good.

就坐一会儿，放松放松。这将对你大有好处。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

As a child, I would sit for hours by the river doing nothing—simply daydreaming.

作为一个孩子，我可以在河边坐好几个小时，什么也不做——只是做着白日梦。

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They say passengers who sit for hours need to drink plenty of water not liquids that contain alcohol or caffeine.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

And there are very few people that you can sit down and speak to for, like, eight hours at a time.

很少有人你可以坐在一起,一次就能聊天聊8个小时。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If it weren't for the New Critics, none of you probably would have been able to sit patiently through any of your middle or high school English classes.

不过我现在要说的是，如果没有新批评派，在座的同学之中没有人,能耐着性子坐在教室里,听中学语文课。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Or that obese people sit for more than two and half more hours per day than thin people?

BBC: Overweight frequent flyers

Let the stock sit for a minute or two and then strain out the solids.

NPR: Asian-Inspired Cooking with Tyler Florence

So the chance to sit for weeks in a courtroom is probably a welcome diversion for Moussaoui.

NPR: Moussaoui Courts Death, and the Media, at Trial