sit on the fence

单词sit on the fence

基本解释

v.: 保持中立；持观望态度

英汉解释

• 保持中立; 持观望态度

同义词

v.abstain

反义词

v.vote

例句

• Scarlet smiled at him, spoke to him kindly, but never asked him to sit on the fence in the front yard, where all the other boys posed.

  斯佳丽曾对他微笑并偶尔和善地跟他聊天，但从来不叫他像其他男孩一样坐在前院的围栏上。

• He considered that it was better for him to sit on the fence during the quarrel.

  他认为在这场争吵中自己还是保持中立为好。

• We must not sit on the fence and ask the US to think twice before opening fire - just because terrorists are far away from us.

  我们绝不能抱隔岸观火的心态，以为恐怖分子远在天边，要求美国在开火之前三思而行。

• He tends to sit on the fence at meetings.

  开会时他往往持观望态度。

• The liberals prefer to sit on the fence while the other parties fight it out.

  自由党宁可抱骑墙态度，坐待其他党派去斗争到底。

• You who chose to sit on the fence will realize soon enough that there is no fence underneath you anymore.

  你们那些选择坐在栅栏上（旁观）的人会明白很快在你的屁股下就没有栅栏了。

• You can only sit on the fence for so long.

  保持中立可只能是一会儿。

• Even now, many are still worried about "saying the wrong things" on non-political issues, preferring instead, to sit on the fence .

  时至今日，许多非政治性的意见或谈话，人们也因“怕错”而不敢表达，采取靠边站观望态度。

• Twitter does have enough cash now to execute on a revenue plan and outlast acquirers who like to sit on the fence.

  Twitter现在的确有足够的现金执行一个盈利计划，和那些脚踏两只船的收购者奉陪到底。

• Indeed, it can be better to take a bad decision and correct it later than procrastinate and sit on the fence.

  事实上，做出错误的决定以后再改正可能也比犹豫不决、进退失据要好。