看哈利波特学英语-魔法石第一章sit

永远不要小瞧简单的小学生都认识的小词，这种词意思极多。

As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam...

你没想到开车堵路上了，还可以用坐等这个词表达吧？

联想起以前看到的sit的其它用法

sit a meeting参加个会议

sit on her eggs禽类孵蛋

sit tight坐稳喽别动

sit ones exams参加考试

原文里sit含义如下

DO NOTHING 不干事

[I always + adv/prep] to stay in one place for a long time, especially sitting down, doing nothing useful or helpful 闲（坐）着

I spent half the morning sitting in a traffic jam.

我遇上塞车，坐在车里等了半个上午。

Well, I can’t sit here chatting all day.

好了，我可不能整天坐在这儿闲扯。

Are you just going to sit there complaining?

你就打算坐在那里发牢骚吗？