英语词汇“stand down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. Nautical. To sail with the wind or tide. Cf. main sense 41b.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail before the wind

scud1582

spoon1588

spoom1628

to stand down1635

to bear down1671

skid1815

to roll down to St. Helena1834

1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. M5^v The Mr. stood downe into the first great bay, this was going outward in the Masters time.

1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. II. 253 The Frigats also weigh'd from Old-Road, stood down to the Fort, and batter'd it.

1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Oct. 14/4 Fishing boats..standing down with the ebb in midstream.

1992 G. E. Buker Jacksonville vi. 42 At daybreak Lt. Piercy weighed anchor and stood down to the bar.

2. intransitive. Of a witness in court: to leave the stand, typically after giving evidence.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence [verb (intransitive)] > act as witness > step down from witness box

to stand down1651

1651 D. T. Certain Queries 12 Their witnesses could not be permitted to swear, except by this ceremony of kissing the book, and so was forst to stand down, and could be no witness.

1735 Select Trials Old-Bailey II. 133/2 Court. Very well,—you may stand down.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 369 I will not trouble the court by asking him any more questions. Stand down, Sir.

1906 Observer 26 Aug. 6/4 (heading) The Chairman orders a witness to stand down.

2012 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 May 10 As the witness stood down, he proudly marched his way through the room.

3. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To oppose (a person) by arguing a contrary point of view, esp. in an insistent or uncompromising manner; to overcome (a person) by a display of determination. Cf. to face down (also out) at face v. Phrases 1a.

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the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > speak against or contradict [verb (transitive)]

withsake971

withsayc1175

forbidc1275

withtellec1275

counterplead1377

again-saya1382

withsaya1382

contrary1382

countersay1393

withstand1513

transverse1532

cross1589

contradict1596

controvert1596

respire1629

scruple1639

contravene1722

oppugn1781

countervene1825

to stand down1869

1869 ‘A. Page’ What I know about Ben Eccles xxix. 301 He would have stood me down that it was false if you hadn't come with those letters.

1926 Zion's Herald 15 Sept. 306/1 Sam would tell me why you could be made to love that man and I was silly enough to stand him down to the very last I knew I could not.

1998 D. J. Meador Unforgotten viii. 115 If and when that supreme moment came, he resolved to stand him down, at least not to flinch or fail.

2018 @Jerome039 26 June in twitter.com (accessed 25 Jan. 2019) If you told them the sky was blue, they would stand you down and cry that it wasn't!!!

a. intransitive. Originally: to withdraw from a game, match, or race; to give up one's place in a team, crew, etc.; to withdraw from a contest or competition. Later also: withdraw from an office, esp. in favour of another; to step down.Originally in sporting contexts.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > withdraw (from a task or undertaking) > from a group, game, or competition

to take (also strike, etc.) off the books1755

scratch1866

to stand down1874

to drop out1883

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)]

resign1395

recede1452

retirec1598

to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625

to go out1642

to sing one's nunc dimittis1642

to make one's bowa1656

to lay down1682

to swear off1698

vacate1812

to send in one's papers1872

to step down1890

to stand down1926

1874 Bell's Life in London 28 Nov. 9/1 M. G. Glazebrook was present at the meeting, and competed in two events, but kindly stood down in the High Jump.

1926 Manch. Guardian 4 Feb. 18/5 The member elected at the last election..has stood down in favour of the Prime Minister.

1977 Irish Times 8 June 8/4 Why, for instance, wasn't Sile de Valera slotted into this constituency once Vivion de Valera stood down?

2020 H. James Making Mod. Central Bank ix. 245 Cuckney then stood down as chairman.

b. transitive. Originally: to withdraw or remove (a competitor) from a game, race, contest, competition, etc. Later also: to discharge (a worker) temporarily or permanently (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand); to dismiss (a person) from a position or office. Frequently in passive.Originally in sporting contexts.

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1889 Spectator (Rushford, N.Y.) 14 Nov. 6/8 It is said by many that Mr. Belmont will..quietly ‘stand him down’ for the year.

1912 Daily Tel. 25 May 12/6 There was..nothing for trade unionists to do but to refuse these orders, and as they refused they were stood down, and told there was no more work for them.

1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 9 Feb. Figures collected by the Public Service Board indicated about 23 workers were stood-down for refusing to work as directed.

2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 27 Jan. a6 Mr Gardiner..was stood down as president of the Northern Territory branch of the Labor Party.

a. intransitive. Chiefly Military or with reference to emergency services. To come off duty; to relax after a state of readiness.In military contexts frequently contrasted with to stand to; cf. to stand to 3 at Phrasal verbs 1.

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society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > be or come off duty

to be off the watch1848

to stand down1915

society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > come on or off duty

to stand down1915

to stand to1915

1915 Rep. Women's Inst. Province Ontario 1914 153 A half hour before sunrise the order comes to stand to and every man takes his position along that parapet and remains there until a half hour after sunrise, when the order is given to ‘stand down’ and ‘post sentry’.

1931 W. V. Tilsley Other Ranks 108 They religiously stood-to and stood-down every dawn and dusk.

1989 Times 10 Mar. 10/4 When the demonstrators veered away and the police stood down, I moved gingerly down the street.

2011 J. Golding Deadlock: Bk. iii. vii. 107 Excitement flared in Hugo's pale blue eyes. ‘What are our orders?’ Darcie smiled at his super-serious expression. ‘Stand down, soldier.’

b. transitive. Chiefly Military or with reference to emergency services. To cause or order (a person, group, etc.) to come off duty; to cause or order (a person) to relax after a state of readiness or alert. Frequently in passive.

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society > armed hostility > military service > make into soldier [verb (transitive)] > bring off duty

to stand down1944

1944 Gloucester Citizen 29 Sept. 7/3 Road barriers were manned with an air of tense determination—and twice the men were stood down.

2010 RadioUser Apr. 27/2 The aircraft downgraded the Mayday to a Pan and the rescue helicopter that had been scrambled was stood down.

单词	stand down
释义	stand downn. Brit. /ˈstan(d) daʊn/, U.S. /ˈstæn(d) ˌdaʊn/, Australian English /ˈstæn(d) dæɔn/, New Zealand English /ˈstɛn(d) dæun/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to stand down at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Etymology: < to stand down at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. †1. A person who withdraws from a game, match, or race. Cf. to stand down 4a at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1907 Sydney Sportsman 24 July 7/1 Although New Zealand had some very formidable men amongst the stand-downs, still it must always be remembered that a New Zealand reserve man is always a topnotcher. 2. a. A cessation of activity; spec. (chiefly Australian and New Zealand) a temporary or permanent discharge of workers. Also occasionally as a mass noun: cessation of activity. Cf. standoff n. 3b. ΚΠ 1912 Daily Mail 23 May 5/7 The strike will go on till these matters are arranged, and unless a settlement of the dispute is reached to-night, a general ‘stand down’ will be ordered tomorrow. 1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 2 Jan. The Master Builders Association has predicted the stand-downs will follow if the Builders Laborers' Federation does not end its latest campaign. 2021 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 16 Nov. She was still confident that any stand downs could be managed appropriately and there would be continuity of patient care. b. Chiefly Military. The action of ending a period of combat readiness; the action of coming off duty. Also: a period of relaxation following a state of alert, or the time at which such a period begins. Cf. stand-to n. ΚΠ 1916 Winnipeg Evening Tribune 20 Mar. (Home ed.) 3/3 At night, we have our shifts on the firing step... We do four hours on and four off, from ‘stand to’ in the evening until ‘stand down’ in the morning. 1949 W. S. Churchill Second World War II. ii. xvi. 297 On February 13, 1942, Admiral Raeder had his final interview on ‘Sea Lion’ and got Hitler to agree to a complete ‘stand-down’. 1953 Earl Winterton Orders of Day xix. 270 Next morning at ‘stand down’, on a cold grey day, I went to have a look at where the place had been where I had spent so many years of my life [engaged in fire-watching]. 2019 San Diego Union Tribune (Nexis) 11 Dec. a2 The ‘safety stand-down’ was issued pending the results of an FBI investigation into the shooting Friday that left three young sailors dead and eight other people wounded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). > as lemmas to stand down to stand down 1. intransitive. Nautical. To sail with the wind or tide. Cf. main sense 41b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail before the wind scud1582 spoon1588 spoom1628 to stand down1635 to bear down1671 skid1815 to roll down to St. Helena1834 1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. M5^v The Mr. stood downe into the first great bay, this was going outward in the Masters time. 1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. II. 253 The Frigats also weigh'd from Old-Road, stood down to the Fort, and batter'd it. 1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Oct. 14/4 Fishing boats..standing down with the ebb in midstream. 1992 G. E. Buker Jacksonville vi. 42 At daybreak Lt. Piercy weighed anchor and stood down to the bar. 2. intransitive. Of a witness in court: to leave the stand, typically after giving evidence. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence [verb (intransitive)] > act as witness > step down from witness box to stand down1651 1651 D. T. Certain Queries 12 Their witnesses could not be permitted to swear, except by this ceremony of kissing the book, and so was forst to stand down, and could be no witness. 1735 Select Trials Old-Bailey II. 133/2 Court. Very well,—you may stand down. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 369 I will not trouble the court by asking him any more questions. Stand down, Sir. 1906 Observer 26 Aug. 6/4 (heading) The Chairman orders a witness to stand down. 2012 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 May 10 As the witness stood down, he proudly marched his way through the room. 3. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To oppose (a person) by arguing a contrary point of view, esp. in an insistent or uncompromising manner; to overcome (a person) by a display of determination. Cf. to face down (also out) at face v. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > speak against or contradict [verb (transitive)] withsake971 withsayc1175 forbidc1275 withtellec1275 counterplead1377 again-saya1382 withsaya1382 contrary1382 countersay1393 withstand1513 transverse1532 cross1589 contradict1596 controvert1596 respire1629 scruple1639 contravene1722 oppugn1781 countervene1825 to stand down1869 1869 ‘A. Page’ What I know about Ben Eccles xxix. 301 He would have stood me down that it was false if you hadn't come with those letters. 1926 Zion's Herald 15 Sept. 306/1 Sam would tell me why you could be made to love that man and I was silly enough to stand him down to the very last I knew I could not. 1998 D. J. Meador Unforgotten viii. 115 If and when that supreme moment came, he resolved to stand him down, at least not to flinch or fail. 2018 @Jerome039 26 June in twitter.com (accessed 25 Jan. 2019) If you told them the sky was blue, they would stand you down and cry that it wasn't!!! 4. a. intransitive. Originally: to withdraw from a game, match, or race; to give up one's place in a team, crew, etc.; to withdraw from a contest or competition. Later also: withdraw from an office, esp. in favour of another; to step down.Originally in sporting contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > withdraw (from a task or undertaking) > from a group, game, or competition to take (also strike, etc.) off the books1755 scratch1866 to stand down1874 to drop out1883 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] resign1395 recede1452 retirec1598 to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625 to go out1642 to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 to make one's bowa1656 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 vacate1812 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to stand down1926 1874 Bell's Life in London 28 Nov. 9/1 M. G. Glazebrook was present at the meeting, and competed in two events, but kindly stood down in the High Jump. 1926 Manch. Guardian 4 Feb. 18/5 The member elected at the last election..has stood down in favour of the Prime Minister. 1977 Irish Times 8 June 8/4 Why, for instance, wasn't Sile de Valera slotted into this constituency once Vivion de Valera stood down? 2020 H. James Making Mod. Central Bank ix. 245 Cuckney then stood down as chairman. b. transitive. Originally: to withdraw or remove (a competitor) from a game, race, contest, competition, etc. Later also: to discharge (a worker) temporarily or permanently (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand); to dismiss (a person) from a position or office. Frequently in passive.Originally in sporting contexts. ΚΠ 1889 Spectator (Rushford, N.Y.) 14 Nov. 6/8 It is said by many that Mr. Belmont will..quietly ‘stand him down’ for the year. 1912 Daily Tel. 25 May 12/6 There was..nothing for trade unionists to do but to refuse these orders, and as they refused they were stood down, and told there was no more work for them. 1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 9 Feb. Figures collected by the Public Service Board indicated about 23 workers were stood-down for refusing to work as directed. 2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 27 Jan. a6 Mr Gardiner..was stood down as president of the Northern Territory branch of the Labor Party. 5. a. intransitive. Chiefly Military or with reference to emergency services. To come off duty; to relax after a state of readiness.In military contexts frequently contrasted with to stand to; cf. to stand to 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > be or come off duty to be off the watch1848 to stand down1915 society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > come on or off duty to stand down1915 to stand to1915 1915 Rep. Women's Inst. Province Ontario 1914 153 A half hour before sunrise the order comes to stand to and every man takes his position along that parapet and remains there until a half hour after sunrise, when the order is given to ‘stand down’ and ‘post sentry’. 1931 W. V. Tilsley Other Ranks 108 They religiously stood-to and stood-down every dawn and dusk. 1989 Times 10 Mar. 10/4 When the demonstrators veered away and the police stood down, I moved gingerly down the street. 2011 J. Golding Deadlock: Bk. iii. vii. 107 Excitement flared in Hugo's pale blue eyes. ‘What are our orders?’ Darcie smiled at his super-serious expression. ‘Stand down, soldier.’ b. transitive. Chiefly Military or with reference to emergency services. To cause or order (a person, group, etc.) to come off duty; to cause or order (a person) to relax after a state of readiness or alert. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > make into soldier [verb (transitive)] > bring off duty to stand down1944 1944 Gloucester Citizen 29 Sept. 7/3 Road barriers were manned with an air of tense determination—and twice the men were stood down. 2010 RadioUser Apr. 27/2 The aircraft downgraded the Mayday to a Pan and the rescue helicopter that had been scrambled was stood down. extracted from standv. < n.1907 as lemmas
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