"sit on its hands" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 袖手旁觀
• 什麼也不做

Definition

有意什麼也不做，尤其是在別人期望你採取行動時。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是個比較口語的成語，常用來批評應該行動卻選擇不作為的人、團體或政府。多指責任感缺失。

Examples

The company sat on its hands while the problem got worse.

公司**袖手旁觀**，問題變得更糟了。

If we sit on our hands, nothing will change.

如果我們**袖手旁觀**，什麼都不會改變。

Don't sit on your hands when you see someone needs help.

看到有人需要幫助時，不要**袖手旁觀**。

People accused the council of sitting on its hands during the crisis.

人們指責委員會在危機時**袖手旁觀**。

Why did they just sit on their hands when action was so clearly needed?

當明顯需要採取行動時，他們為什麼還**袖手旁觀**？

Instead of sitting on its hands, the team quickly came up with a plan.

團隊沒有**袖手旁觀**，而是迅速制定了一個計劃。