seats

1. N-COUNT 座椅;椅子;座位
   A seat is an object that you can sit on, for example a chair.
   1. Stephen returned to his seat...
      斯蒂芬回到自己的座位上。
   2. Ann could remember sitting in the back seat of their car.
      安记得坐在他们车里的后排座上了。
2. N-COUNT (椅子等的)座部,椅面
   The seat of a chair is the part that you sit on.
   1. The stool had a torn, red plastic seat.
      那个凳子的红色塑料座面已经破旧不堪。
3. VERB 坐下;就座
   If you seat yourself somewhere, you sit down.
   1. He waved towards a chair, and seated himself at the desk.
      他挥手指了指一把椅子，自己在书桌旁坐了下来。
   2. ...a portrait of one of his favourite models seated on an elegant sofa.
      一幅他最喜欢的模特之一的画像，画中人坐在雅致的沙发上
4. VERB (房间、车辆)可坐…人，容纳…人
   A building or vehicle that seats a particular number of people has enough seats for that number.
   1. The Theatre seats 570.
      那个剧院可容纳 570 人。
5. N-SING (裤子的)臀部
   The seat of a piece of clothing is the part that covers your bottom.
   1. Then he got up and brushed off the seat of his jeans.
      然后他站起来，拍了拍牛仔裤的臀部。
6. N-COUNT (国会、议会、参议院中的)席位
   When someone is elected to a parliament, congress, or senate, you can say that they, or their party, have won a seat .
   1. Independent candidates won the majority of seats on the local council.
      无党派候选人在地方议会选举中赢得了多数席位。
   2. ...a Maryland Republican who lost his seat.
      一名失掉席位的马里兰州共和党党员
7. N-COUNT (公司董事会、委员会中的)席位，职位
   If someone has a seat on the board of a company or on a committee, they are a member of it.
   1. He has been unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat on the board of the company.
      他始终未能如愿以偿地在公司董事会中谋得一席之地。
8. N-COUNT (组织、活动的)中心地，所在地;(豪门的)宅邸
   The seat of an organization, a wealthy family, or an activity is its base.
   1. Gunfire broke out early this morning around the seat of government in Lagos.
      今天凌晨在拉各斯的政府大楼周围发生了枪战。
   2. ...Weston Park, family seat of the Earl of Bradford.
      韦斯顿公园，布拉德福德伯爵的祖宅
9. See also: deep-seated hot seat
10. PHRASE 让权于他人;退居次要位置
    If you take a back seat, you allow other people to have all the power and to make all the decisions.
    1. You need to take a back seat and think about both past and future...
       你得退居二线，把过去和将来都捋清楚。
    2. This is a country where women usually take a back seat.
       在这个国家通常是男尊女卑。
11. PHRASE 坐下;入座
    If you take a seat, you sit down.
    1. 'Take a seat,' he said in a bored tone...
       “请坐，”他不耐烦地说道。
    2. Rachel smiled at him as they took their seats on opposite sides of the table.
       他们分坐在桌子两边，雷切尔对他微微笑了一下。
12. bums on seats → see: bum

1. The seats are allotted to the candidates who have won the most votes
   席位被分配给了赢得选票最多的候选人。
2. A number of seats have been arranged in front of the painting.
   在这幅油画前摆了一些座位。
3. The smart ones will have already bagged their seats by placing cards on them.
   聪明人早已在座位上放一张卡片占住了位子。
4. More than 80 parties are contesting seats in the two-chamber parliament
   有80多个党派在竞争两院的议席。
5. More than 2300 candidates from 93 political parties are competing for 486 seats.
   来自93个政党的2,300多位候选人将争夺486个席位。
6. The hostages cowered in their seats.
   人质们蜷缩在座位上。
7. He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats
   他担心狗毛弄脏了座位。
8. This nippy new car has fold down rear seats
   这辆速度很快的新车配有可以放倒的后座。
9. They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
   他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。
10. Her taxicab has a thick perspex partition between the passengers 'seats and the driver.
    她的出租车里乘客座位和驾驶员之间装着厚厚的有机玻璃隔板。
11. All the seats were in red plush.
    所有座位都上了红色长毛绒面。
12. The game was already in progress when we took our seats
    我们坐下来的时候，比赛已经开始了。
13. Seats, or sometimes entire tables, were reserved.
    一些散座，有时候是整桌，都被预订了。
14. Women are running in nearly all the contested seats in Los Angeles.
    在洛杉矶，女性参选了几乎所有的竞争席位。
15. Independent candidates won the majority of seats on the local council.
    无党派候选人在地方议会选举中赢得了多数席位。
16. Rachel smiled at him as they took their seats on opposite sides of the table.
    他们分坐在桌子两边，雷切尔对他微微笑了一下。
17. We sat side by side on two wicker seats
    我们在两把柳条椅上肩并肩坐着。
18. The party has just lost office and with it a substantial number of seats
    该党刚刚竞选失利，同时还失去了许多席位。
19. The seats of the chairs had been recovered in tapestry
    椅座上又铺回了花毯。
20. Nearly all seats have an unrestricted view.
    几乎在所有的座位上都可以看到完整清晰的画面。
21. Will you change seats with me?
    你愿意和我倒一下座位吗？
22. Take your seats please. The meeting is going to begin.
    坐好吧，要开会了。
23. The Opposition won 62 seats.
    反对党获得62个席位。
24. Please leave the front row of seats vacant.
    请把前面一排座位空出来。
25. All seats are booked.
    座位已经预订一空。

noun

1. an area that includes places where several people can sit
   1. there is seating for 40 students in this classroom

   Synonym:    seatingseating roomseating area