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seating for [number] people
表示可容纳人数。
The restaurant has seating for 100 people.
这家餐厅有100人的座位。
座位；座席
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
座位；座席
The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit
The restaurant has seating for 100 people.
这家餐厅有100人的座位。
提供椅子或其他供人坐的场所。
The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.
允许人们进入演出、用餐等场所就座的一段时间。
A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated.
制作座椅的材料。
Material for making seats.
结构或机器各部件的各种配合支撑的总称；容纳部件的壳体。
Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated.
The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.
这个体育场有5万个座位。
The event organizer is responsible for the seating of all guests.
活动组织者负责所有宾客的就座安排。
We need to check the seating arrangements before the conference.
会议前我们需要检查座位安排。
表示可容纳人数。
The restaurant has seating for 100 people.
这家餐厅有100人的座位。
形容词修饰座位类型。
We offer comfortable seating.
我们提供舒适的座位。
常用复合名词，指座位布局。
The seating arrangement was carefully planned.
座位安排经过了精心规划。
Not this
There are many seatings in the auditorium.
Use this
There are many seats in the auditorium.
这里'seatings'被当作可数名词使用，表示单个座位，但'seating'作为名词时通常指座位区域或安排，是不可数名词。如果指单个座位，应用可数名词'seat'。
Not this
He is seating on the chair.
Use this
He is seated on the chair.
'seating'是动词'seat'的现在分词形式，但'seat'作及物动词时需带宾语或用于被动语态。表示'坐在椅子上'的正确表达是'be seated'或'sit'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
座位容量；容纳人数
The new stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.
这座新体育场可容纳五万人。
户外座位；露天座位
The café offers outdoor seating in the summer.
这家咖啡馆夏天提供户外座位。
预订座位；划位入座
The theater has reserved seating for all performances.
这家剧院所有演出都实行对号入座。
座位安排；座次布置
Please let us know your preferred seating arrangement for the banquet.
请告诉我们您对宴会座位安排的偏好。
指定座位；固定座位
The airline uses assigned seating on all its flights.
这家航空公司在所有航班上都采用指定座位制。
Use seating naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
seating 由 seat（座位）加 -ing 组成：想象一排排椅子已摆好，等待人们入座。
语域：neutral 常见场景：event planning、venue descriptions、transportation announcements seating 作名词时通常指某空间或活动中可供人坐的位置或座位安排，多用于场地介绍、活动安排、交通设施等说明性文字；正式与非正式场合都比较常见。
表示座位区域或容量时通常不可数；表示就座服务（如宴会座位安排）时为可数，复数形式 seatings。
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