sit on

/sɪt ɑːn/· 短语动词

财经/商业B1

sit on
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Chinese meaning

坐zuò拥yōng;囤tún着zhe不bù撒sā手shǒu

压yā着zhe某mǒu物wù不bù放fàng手shǒu、不bù处chǔ理lǐ(钱qián、资zī源yuán或huò消xiāo息xī都dōu可kě)

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婴yīng儿ér潮cháo一yí代dài掌zhǎng控kòng着zhe巨jù额é财cái富fù

Example

Baby boomers are sitting on immense wealth after benefiting from a historic era of economic growth and financial gains, but heirs shouldn't get their hopes up too much.

婴yīng儿ér潮cháo一yí代dài在zài经jīng历lì了le一yí段duàn历lì史shǐ性xìng的de经jīng济jì增zēng长zhǎng与yǔ财cái富fù积jī累lěi之zhī后hòu,如rú今jīn坐zuò拥yōng巨jù额é财cái富fù,但dàn继jì承chéng人rén不bù该gāi抱bào有yǒu太tài高gāo期qī望wàng。

Source: Fortune · 8 Aug 2026

Background ✎

婴yīng儿ér潮cháo一yí代dài坐zuò拥yōng巨jù额é财cái富fù,但dàn「财cái富fù大dà转zhuǎn移yí」被bèi指zhǐ夸kuā大dà,继jì承chéng人rén未wèi必bì如rú愿yuàn获huò得dé高gāo额é遗yí产chǎn。

Roots · etymology

无明确词源记录,属固定短语搭配

  • 固定短语动词,不可拆(sit+on 组合表比喻义)

Collocations

  • sit on a fortune / sit on the fence / sit on information

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