keep a seat

please keep a seat for me in the reading room.

请在阅览室里为我留个座位。

i'll keep a seat for you in case you (should) change your mind.

我给你留下一个座位，说不定你会改变主意。

eg, please keep a seat for me.

请给我留座位

i'll keep a seat for you.

我给你留个座位。

would you keep a seat for me?

请你为我保留一个座位好吗？。

i'll keep a seat for you in case you change your mind.

我给你留一个座位，以防你会改变主意。

in order to get on or keep a seat, it was ignored conscience, or even harm to others.

为了坐上或保住座位，有人漠视良心，甚至伤害他人。

e. g. we'd better keep a seat for him.

我们最好给他留个座位。

for decades, british diplomacy has been guided by a determination to keep a seat at the table.

数十年来，指引英国外交的都是在谈判桌上占有一席之地的决心。