🇬🇧🇨🇳 sedentary - 久坐 : English Lesson

Meaning of "sedentary" ("久坐"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Sedentary means spending most of your time sitting or lying down and hardly moving your body, like when you sit for hours watching TV, playing video games, or doing homework without getting up to run, jump, or play.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Mom said my video-game marathon was too sedentary, especially when I asked her to bring the TV closer so I wouldn’t have to move my neck.

Dad said my sedentary weekend was over when he caught me asking Alexa to turn the pages of my book.

My sedentary superhero action figure has never actually seen action; it just guards the shelf by sitting there heroically.

The sedentary wizard cast a spell to fetch snacks from the kitchen because walking was apparently too magical a workout.

Being sedentary too much isn’t healthy—scientists say kids should move around a lot each day.

Tom had a sedentary job; his sedentary routine left him stiff. Each sedentary hour on the sofa made the kettle boil and his plants dry. The sedentary chair seemed to hold him in place. At last he shoved off the chair, left his sedentary life, walked outside, and laughed. Neighbors smiled.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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