A protest where people go into a place — an office, a classroom, a shop, a government building — sit down, and refuse to leave until someone listens to them. The power of it is that it is peaceful and stubborn at the same time.

A protest一種抗議 where people go into a place人們走進一個地方 an office, a classroom, a shop, a government building像辦公室、教室、商店、政府大樓 sit down坐下來 and refuse to leave until someone listens to them賴著不走，直到有人聽他們說話為止。The power of it它的力量 is that it is peaceful and stubborn at the same time在於它同時是和平的，又是頑固的。

Nobody is fighting; they are just sitting, and the place cannot go on with its normal day. The word comes from the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, when Black students sat at lunch counters that would not serve them and would not get up.

Nobody is fighting沒有人在打架；they are just sitting大家就只是坐著 and the place cannot go on with its normal day而那個地方沒辦法照平常運作下去。The word comes from the American civil rights movement of the 1960s這個字來自1960年代美國的民權運動 when Black students sat at lunch counters that would not serve them當時黑人學生坐在不肯服務他們的餐檯前 and would not get up而且不肯起身離開。

Since then students have used it in universities all over the world, and Taiwan knows the shape of it well from the Sunflower Movement of 2014. You hold a sit-in, or stage a sit-in, or students stage a sit-in at the president's office.

Since then從那之後 students have used it in universities all over the world世界各地的大學生都用過這種方式 and Taiwan knows the shape of it well from the Sunflower Movement of 2014台灣也從2014年的太陽花學運很熟悉這種模式。You hold a sit-in, or stage a sit-in你可以說 hold a sit-in，或 stage a sit-in or students stage a sit-in at the president's office或者說學生在校長室 stage a sit-in。

It is written with a hyphen as a noun; without the hyphen, sit in is a verb phrase meaning something quite different — to join a meeting or class as a visitor, without being a real member of it ("Can I sit in on your Tuesday lecture?"). The -in ending spread to other protest words after this one: love-in, teach-in, be-in.

It is written with a hyphen as a noun當名詞用的時候要加連字號；without the hyphen, sit in is a verb phrase meaning something quite different不加連字號的話，sit in 是動詞片語，意思完全不一樣 to join a meeting or class as a visitor是以旁聽者的身分加入一場會議或一堂課 without being a real member of it而不是真正的成員 ("Can I sit in on your Tuesday lecture?")（像「Can I sit in on your Tuesday lecture?」）。The -in ending spread to other protest words after this one這個 -in 字尾後來擴散到其他抗議相關的字上：love-in, teach-in, be-in像 love-in、teach-in、be-in。