Elizabeth, Kitty and their mother were in the sitting-room, when suddenly the door was thrown open, and their visitor entered.

伊丽莎白、吉蒂和母亲正在起居室呆着，突然门被撞开了，客人闯了进来。

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In the evenings, we watch TV in the sitting room.

傍晚时，我们在客厅里看电视。

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Have you heard something in the sitting room?

你听见客厅里有什么响动了吗？

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Or one of my favorite examples, you could be sitting in your-- you read this sort of thing in the newspaper periodically-- you could be sitting in your living room when suddenly an airplane crashes into your house, killing you.

或者像我最喜欢用的一个例子那样，你可能坐在你-,你按时读报纸之类的东西-,你可能正坐在你家起居室里,这时突然有架飞机撞进了你家，杀死了你。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Here is one case. We have job searches and sometimes job-- senior job searches involve the faculty sitting in--around in a room and tossing out names and we use these names as a basis for further discussion.

举个例子，我们要找合适的人填补空缺,有时候要填被一个高级职位,就需要全体老师坐在会议室里,例举一个个人选,这些人选会留待进一步讨论。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The president and first lady Laura Bush watched the results with family friends and senior staffers in the West Sitting Hall -- the first family's living room in the White House residence.

CNN: White House: We've made history

Not that this matters much, as "The Audience, " at London's Gielgud Theatre, is a vehicle for the country's favorite actress, Helen Mirren, and also for the designer, Bob Crowley, who wows us with his replicas of the infinitely receding columns of Buckingham Palace and a sitting-room in the queen's Scottish castle, Balmoral.

WSJ: Review: Taking Tea with the Figurehead | 'The Audience' at the Gielgud Theatre in London

Mr. Graves and I were sitting in the glass-roofed room just off his kitchen, which boasted an Alessi kettle, toaster, tray, cream set and pitcher a kind of Michael Graves product show.

WSJ: Michael Graves, Drinking Wine With Lettie Teague