1. sit-in
静坐抗议;静坐罢工
eg. A few meters from the Risheq home, protesters have set up a tent where they have been staging a sit-in for months.
距离艾伊达住房仅几米远的地方,抗议人士打起了帐篷,在那里静坐抗议已经长达几个月了。
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.
在贝拉中心内,活动人士静坐抗议一个环保组织的成员被驱逐。 他们说这一环保组织得到官方认可但是被拒绝入内。
2. take a stand
表态;采取立场,表示立场
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,除非总统本人认为可以运用自己的权力,采取实际的立场,一切都无济于事。
eg. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
有时因为他们无理取闹或者强迫你表明立场。
3. in charge
负责,主管;在…看管下
eg. You are in charge of the job. How could you evade the issue?
你是负责人, 你怎么能对这个问题不置可否?
eg. If there is something wrong with the machine,it should be reported at once to the engineer in charge.
机器出了毛病,应立即报告主管工程师。