seat sb/oneself
seat后接宾语或反身代词，表示使某人坐下。
She seated herself at the table.
她在桌旁坐下。
容纳；有…座位；使就任；使担任（职位）；正式任命；引导入座；分配座位；能够容纳
to show someone to a seat; to assign a seat for someone
正式任命
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
引导入座；分配座位
show to a seat; assign a seat for
能够容纳
be able to seat
一般现在时
She seats herself at the table.
她自己在桌旁就座。
一般过去时
He seated the guests at the round table.
他安排客人在圆桌就座。
现在完成时
They have already seated everyone.
他们已经安排所有人就座。
使就座；容纳
The usher seated the guests at the front row.
引座员让客人坐在前排。
用法提示：这里'seated'是动词过去式，表示'使坐下'。
She was seating the children when the bell rang.
铃声响起时，她正让孩子们坐下。
用法提示：这里'seating'是动词的现在分词形式，表示'使坐下'的动作。
The host seats the guests according to their preferences.
主人根据客人的喜好安排他们入座。
用法提示：这里'seats'是动词第三人称单数形式，表示'使就座'。
seat后接宾语或反身代词，表示使某人坐下。
She seated herself at the table.
她在桌旁坐下。
常用被动形式，表示就座状态或礼貌祈使。
Please be seated.
请就座。
表示场所容纳多少座位。
The restaurant seats 100 people.
这家餐厅可容纳100人。
后接介词短语表示位置。
He seated the guests in the living room.
他让客人坐在客厅里。
grammar · medium
易错句子I seated on the chair.
正确表达I sat on the chair.
动词'seat'是及物动词，表示'使某人坐下'，不能单独表示'坐下'。若要表达自己坐下，应使用不及物动词'sit'或被动语态'be seated'。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please seat.
正确表达Please be seated.
祈使句中'seat'是及物动词，不能单独使用表示'请坐'。正确表达应为'Please be seated'（被动语态）或'Please take a seat'。
引导客人入座
The waiter seated the guests by the window.
服务员把客人安排在窗边坐好。
就座；坐下
She seated herself on the sofa and picked up a book.
她在沙发上坐下，拿起一本书。
请坐；入座
Please be seated and make yourself comfortable.
请入座，随意坐得舒服些。
容纳…人
The new lecture hall can seat 500 people.
新报告厅可容纳500人。
选任陪审团
The judge took two days to seat a jury for the trial.
法官花了两天时间为审判选任陪审团。
正式接纳代表团
The committee voted to seat the disputed delegation.
委员会投票批准接纳有争议的代表团。
座位是为观众安排的，观众是就座的对象。
与“能够容纳”的含义相关，指座位可容纳的人数。
座位通常按排排列，分配座位时常涉及排号。
分配座位常与预订相关，如预订指定座位。
剧院是常见的需要引导入座和分配座位的场所。
让位，退居次要地位；不再掌控
After the scandal, the CEO decided to take a back seat in company decisions.
丑闻发生后，首席执行官决定在公司决策中退居次要地位。
身处困境，成为众矢之的；面临严厉质询
The manager was in the hot seat after the project failed.
项目失败后，经理成了众矢之的。
凭感觉行事，未经计划地应付
We had no data, so we flew by the seat of our pants.
我们没有数据，所以只能凭感觉行事。
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