汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 袖手旁觀
袖手旁觀 (袖手旁观)
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
Cage your hands in your sleeves and watch from the side / The metaphor is to stay out of the business, neither asking nor assisting others
藏手于袖,在旁观看。比喻置身事外,不参预其中。语本唐韩愈《祭柳子厚文》"不善为斫,血指汗颜,巧匠旁观,缩手袖间。"
xiù shǒu páng () guān/guàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他总是袖手旁观

He always stands by.

三小舍利塔袖手旁观一棵树。

Three Little Stupas sitting by a tree.

不要袖手旁观,工作都让别人去做。

Don't stand aside and let others do all the work.

他遭人袭击,路人只在一边袖手旁观

Passers-by simply looked on as he was attacked.

我相信其他PLM厂商也不会袖手旁观

I believe other PLM vendors will not stand still as well.

国防部长已经表明他不会袖手旁观,任由民主遭到破坏。

The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined.

暗示说他们知道怎么回事但却袖手旁观是荒谬的。

It's absurd to suggest that they knew what was going on but did nothing.

他不会袖手旁观,任由自己钟爱的项目被否决。

He would not stand by and let his pet project be killed off.

你怎么能眼睁睁看着他遭人诬陷而袖手旁观呢?

How can you stand by and see him accused of something he didn't do?

看到校霸跟一个你不认识的人找碴,袖手旁观是一回事,与别人一起分享奶酪条是另一回事。

It's one thing to turn a blind eye to a bully picking on someone you don't know. It's another thing when you've Shared a cheese stick.