作壁上观的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
sit/rampart/on/watch
to stand on ramparts and watch the fight

[解释]
壁：壁垒。原指双方交战，自己站在壁垒上旁观。后多比喻站在一旁看着，不动手帮助。

[Explanation]
to look on and not to offer any help

[例子]
看到有人掉到河里了，路人只是作壁上观，没有人过来帮助。

[Example]
Seeing someone fell into the river, the on-lookers were just looking on and nobody came to help.

[英文等价词]
be an onlooker

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