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He's sunk a large sum of money into buying a new house.
   他把一大筆錢投在買一幢新房子上面。

It finally sank in that he had won a Nobel prize.
   他終於會意過來他得了諾貝爾獎。

It took a week for it to sink in that his mother had died.
   大約過了一個星期,他才會意過來他母親已經死了。

We need a new road to siphon off some of the traffic from the town center.
   我們需要一條新路分流市中心的行人車輛。

Claude siphoned off a little petrol from his father's car.
   克勞德從他父親的車裡吸了點汽油出來。

Claude siphoned out a little petrol from his father's car.
   克勞德從他父親的車裡吸了點汽油出來。

Sir Walter Scott was a famous British writer.
   沃爾特•史考特爵士是英國著名作家。

The old man had sired a boy child at the age of seventy.
   那位老人在七十歲時得子做了父親。

It is said that she is a siren.
   據說她是個妖艷女人。

The clothes that Mom buys make me look like a sissy.
   母親買的衣服使我看起來娘娘腔的。

The dancing teacher looks like a sissy, but he is very strong.
   舞蹈老師看起來娘娘腔的,但是他非常強壯。

Cathy was like a sister to me.
   凱西待我像親姊妹一樣。

They sat in a ring.
   他們坐成一圈。

The temple sits on a hill.
   寺廟座落在山上。

We'll sit for the final examination in a week.
   我們一星期後參加期末考試。

Due to the blizzard, we had to sit tight at the airport for a day.
   由於暴風雪來襲,我們不得不在機場耽擱一天,靜觀事態的發展。

Our school has a good site in town.
   我們學校位於鎮上一個好地點。

I read the book at a single sitting.
   我坐著一口氣將這本書讀完了。

The president's comments on taxes made him a sitting duck to critics.
   總統對稅收的意見使他成為眾矢之的。

He is in a difficult situation.
   他處境困難。