1. sit-in
靜坐抗議;靜坐罷工
eg. A few meters from the Risheq home, protesters have set up a tent where they have been staging a sit-in for months.
距離艾伊達住房僅幾米遠的地方,抗議人士打起了帳篷,在那里靜坐抗議已經長達幾個月了。
eg. Inside the facility, activists staged a sit-in to protest against the expulsion of members of an environmental group they say had been accredited but denied entry.
在貝拉中心內,活動人士靜坐抗議一個環保組織的成員被驅逐。 他們說這一環保組織得到官方認可但是被拒絕入內。
2. take a stand
表態;采取立場,表示立場
eg. But none of this will matter unless the president can find it within himself to use his power, to actually take a stand.
但是,除非總統本人認為可以運用自己的權力,采取實際的立場,一切都無濟于事。
eg. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
有時因為他們無理取鬧或者強迫你表明立場。
3. in charge
負責,主管;在…看管下
eg. You are in charge of the job. How could you evade the issue?
你是負責人, 你怎么能對這個問題不置可否?
eg. If there is something wrong with the machine,it should be reported at once to the engineer in charge.
機器出了毛病,應立即報告主管工程師。