汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 坐以待斃
坐以待斃 (坐以待毙)
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
Sit and wait to die / Describes that in extreme difficulties, not actively trying to find a way
亦作"坐而待毙"。 坐着等死。比喻遭遇危难而不采取积极的措施。语出三国蜀诸葛亮《后出师表》"然不伐贼,王业亦亡,惟坐而待亡,孰与伐之。"
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

生活就是一场逃亡,不能坐以待毙

Life is a fugitive, cannot lay down and die.

与此同时,比恩只能在保护者的约束之下坐以待毙

And in the meantime, Bean could only wait, pinned down by his protectors.

在危险面前,与其坐以待毙,不如采取针锋相对的行动。

In the face of dangers, it is better for one to take positive.

除非这些孱弱的欧洲公司采取相似的办法,否则只能坐以待毙

Unless the weaker European firms take similar steps, they don't.

当自己的国家在全球金融风暴中飘摇时,冰岛人几乎不会坐以待毙

Icelanders are hardly sitting idle as their country is slammed by the global financial hurricane.

强者能突破缚茧,化身为蝶,而弱者只能坐以待毙,在茧中默默死亡。

The strong can break through the bound of cocoon, become butterfly, and the weak can only be doing nothing, death in silence in the cocoon.

微笑表现出你对生活的喜爱。微笑不会让你坐以待毙,为小事儿自怨自艾。

Your smile shows that you are fond of life. That you are not sitting back, moping about the little things.