baby-sit

1. For example, if your friend likes to go shopping, offer to baby-sit her kids so she can enjoy an afternoon away.
   例如如果你的朋友喜欢逛街购物，帮她照顾小孩，让她出去享受一个午后时光吧。
2. The children would grow up and leave home, my husband and I would grow old together, and we'd baby-sit the grandchildren.
   未来于我了然于胸：儿女长大、离家，与丈夫白首偕老，带养孙子孙女。
3. Could you baby-sit for me tonight?
   今晚帮我看看小孩行吗？
4. I used to baby-sit during vacations when I was in college, she says. I loved that job and my employers were always satisfied with me.
   大学时我常利用假期去做保姆，她说，我热爱那份工作，雇主们都对我非常满意。
5. A: You promised to baby-sit on the night of Jean's party?
   A：你答应在珍妮开派对那天晚上看孩子？
6. My daughter was attending a meeting and asked me to baby-sit my3-year old granddaughter.
   我的女儿要去参加一个会议，所以要我照顾我三岁的小孙女。
7. Chris: I had to baby-sit the neighbors'kids again today.
   克里斯：我今天又必须代替邻居照顾小孩了。
8. I don't understand why I have to baby-sit you.
   我也不明白为什么我要照顾你。
9. I would offer to baby-sit, only I'm going out myself.
   我很愿意帮你照看小孩，可是我自己也要出去。
10. They do not have an obligation to baby-sit or to take their grandchildren in their house when the parents were on vacation.
    父母也没有义务给子女当保姆照顾孙辈，或者当子女外出旅游度假时把子女的孩子放到自己家里。
11. My mom is available to baby-sit this weekend.
    我妈妈在这个周末可以照顾小宝宝。
12. I used to baby-sit for my neighbor.
    我过去常为邻居照看孩子。
13. Look, I can't stay here and baby-sit you.
    听着，我不能呆在这里照看你。
14. Although it is nice out, I have to stay home and baby-sit.
    虽然外面天气很好，但是我得在家看小孩。
15. She used to baby-sit me.
    她还当过我的保姆。
16. It will be necessary for someone to baby-sit the machine until it is running properly.
    某人必须修理机器直至它正常运转为止。（或：得找个人把机器修好。）
17. Just make sure to tell Irene that I'll baby-sit Lily tonight.
    记得告诉艾琳晚上我会照看莉莉。
18. It turned out that I had to baby-sit him during the day due to his parents work schedule.
    他的父母因为工作的关系，所以变成我必须在白天当他的褓姆。
19. Great, Marry just called and said she can baby-sit tonight.
    太好了，玛丽打电话跟我说她今晚能来照看小孩。
20. Relatives say Tu tall grew up with Hall and had let her baby-sit her children.
    她的亲戚介绍说，汤斯顿是与霍尔一起长大的并让霍尔看护她的小孩。
21. Abby, I'll baby-sit more, I swear!
    艾比，我帮你多看孩子，我发誓！
22. I wouldn't ask you if it wasn't important, but could you possibly baby-sit for us tomorrow evening?
    如果事情不要紧，我不会找你帮忙。不过明晚你能否替我照看一下孩子？
23. Could you baby-sit for us on friday?
    星期五你替我们照看小孩行吗？
24. I'm the only girl in America who has to baby-sit a fully grown teenager.
    我是全美仅有的给一个大小伙子做保姆的姑娘了。
25. You are not expected to baby-sit this evening.
    你今晚不需要当临时保姆。
26. Could you baby-sit it for a sec?
    你可以留意一下么？
27. I could walk to eat at a restaurant or walk to the playground where I would baby-sit and play with my nephew.
    我可以步行到饭店去吃饭，也可以走到游乐场，在那儿，我照料我的小侄小外甥，和他们一起玩。
28. Young students will occasionally baby-sit in the evenings.
    青年学生有时在晚上代人照看小孩。
29. Blondie, stay here and baby-sit them two.
    金留在这照看他们两个。

verb

1. work or act as a baby-sitter
   1. I cannot baby-sit tonigh

   Synonym:    sit

2. take watchful responsibility for
   1. I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town