音标:['sedәntәri] ;
a. 久坐的, 坐惯的, 定栖的
[医] 静坐的; 坐式的
s. requiring sitting or little activity

考试类型:[六级/托福/GRE]
词性分布:
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sedentary的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. People in sedentary jobs need to take exercise.工作上要久坐的人需要做运动。
  2. We should do away with the sedentary lifestyle.我们应该抛弃久坐的生活方式。

词汇搭配

  • sedentary deposit原地沉积
  • sedentary trade静坐作业
  • sedentary species固着种类
  • sedentary benthos定居底栖生物...
  • sedentary product风化产物
  • sedentary herd定居群
  • sedentary soil原地土壤,沉积土...
  • sedentary grazing定居放牧

经典引文

  • The sedentary labourer is more exposed to..fortune than he who leads a wandering life.

    出自:T. R. Malthus
  • The remedy consists in adding to the sedentary forces.

    出自:Daily News
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