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sedentary是什么意思

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  • 美式音标[\'sed(ə)nt(ə)rɪ]

adj. 久坐的;坐惯的;定栖的;静坐的

中文词源

sedentary 久坐不动的,定居的

来自拉丁语 sedens,坐下的,停留某处的,现在分词格于 sedere,坐下,词源同 sit,seat.-ary,形 容词后缀。引申词义久坐不动的,定居的等。

英文词源

sedentary
sedentary: see session
sedentary (adj.)
1590s, "remaining in one place," from Middle French sédentaire (16c.) and directly from Latin sedentarius "sitting, remaining in one place," from sedentem (nominative sedens), present participle of sedere "to sit; occupy an official seat, preside; sit still, remain; be fixed or settled," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (cognates: Sanskrit a-sadat "sat down," sidati "sits;" Old Persian hadis "abode;" Greek ezesthai "to sit," hedra "seat, chair, face of a geometric solid;" Old Irish suide "seat, sitting;" Welsh sedd "seat," eistedd "sitting;" Old Church Slavonic sežda, sedeti "to sit;" Lithuanian sedmi "to sit;" Russian sad "garden," Lithuanian soditi "to plant;" Gothic sitan, Old English sittan "to sit;" see sit). Of persons, the sense "not in the habit of exercise" is recorded from 1660s.

实用例句

1. I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
我认为长期伏案的生活一点也不适合我。
来自柯林斯例句
2. People in sedentary jobs need to take exercise.
工作上要久坐的人需要做运动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.
会计是一种需要坐着工作的职业.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. Pigeons are sedentary birds.
鸽子是一种定居的鸟.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. Sedentary habits often interfere with health.
长坐不动的习惯往往有害于身体健康.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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