seat of learning/ power, Take a seat

Weekend in New Delhi, India

The city-state of Delhi has been a seat of power for more than a thousand years, and remains a survivor of conquest and contrast.

seat (BASE) Show phonetics
noun [C]所在地 (the ～ of war 戦場）; 中心地
a place which acts as a base or centre for an important activity:
The seat of government in the US is in Washington, DC.
St Petersburg was the seat of the Russian Revolution.

seat of learning FORMAL
a place where people are educated:
The Sorbonne is a world-famous seat of learning.

Subject: 在荷蘭借書不怕 腳 酸 酸

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dgaz6NIUFk

荷蘭的設計師 Jelte van Geest 所設計的"選張椅子" (Take a seat)

只要透過每人獨有的圖書館證上的RFID

就可以驅動一張專屬的沙發椅緊緊跟著你

走到那，找到書就能馬上坐下來，再也不用去找位子

而且也不怕一旦離開位子一下就被人佔去的問題

因為這是你專屬的椅子。

一旦人離開圖書館後，椅子還會自動歸位

更炫的還有，如果想在圖書館內辦個小型論壇

圖書館人員可以一次招喚多張椅子到指定場所

完全不用人手搬運，既節省人力又方便

實在太令人驚艷了

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take a back seat
to choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity