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单词 to stand upon terms
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to stand upon (or on) terms
d. to stand upon (or on) terms. Occasionally also †to stand upon conditions.
(a) To be in a specified condition, position, or situation. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be in a specific state or condition [phrase]
to stand in terms1544
to stand upon (or on) terms1565
1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc v. i. sig. D.vi While we treate & stande [printed scande] on termes of grace, We shal both staie their furies rage the while, And eke gaine time, whose onely helpe sufficeth.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvi. 32 Besides the sore tearmes we stand vpon with the gods, wilbe strong with vs for giuing ore. View more context for this quotation
1695 W. Congreve in C. Hopkins Pyrrhus i. 10 We stand on Terms as good as Rome's.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. v. 133 We must stand, however, on more equal terms, my lord.
1872 Morning Post 29 Feb. 4/2 Members..all stood upon terms of perfect equality.
1965 Daily Tel. 29 July 14/5 Small nations.., mini-nuclear armed, would come to stand on terms of mutual deterrence with their neighbours.
2007 P. Dirksen Heinrich Scheidemann's Keyboard Music Introd. p.xii Scheidemann was a central personality in the rich musical life of Hamburg and stood on friendly terms with colleagues such as his former fellow students Jacob and Johannes Praetorius and Ulrich Cernitz.
(b) To assert or maintain certain terms or conditions; to maintain one's position, to hold one's own, to refuse to give in. Now rare.to stand on (or upon) high terms: to act in a conceited, arrogant, or brashly overconfident manner (obsolete).
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > make conditions, stipulate [verb (intransitive)]
providea1450
conditiona1513
capitulate1537
to stand upon (or on) terms1565
conditionate1642
postulate1754
stipulate1790
the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > be haughty or disdainful [verb (intransitive)]
to make it quainta1393
to have pepper in the nosea1400
lord1548
lord1563
to stand (also be, walk, etc.) upon (one's) pantofles1573
cavalier1594
to stand on (or upon) high terms1611
high-hat1922
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare i. 44 He mindeth no more to slippe away vnder the colour of single Communion..but simply, and plainely..to stande vpon the bare termes of Priuate Masse.
1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. f. 22 Saye plainely, that you stande vpon Termes, and seke not the Matter.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 163 Hath the prince Iohn a full commission..To heare, and absolutely to determine Of what conditions we shall stand vpon ? View more context for this quotation
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accrester..to strout it, or stand vpon high tearms.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 39 They..hung back and stood upon Terms.
a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 224 One of those Great and Philosophical Minds, who stand upon their Terms with God.
1875 Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans) 1 May 1/5 Notions quite so opposite as to make every mind to stand upon high terms.
1938 G. Heyer Royal Escape vi. 145 For when your life is at stake, look you, I dare not stand upon terms with you.
1954 in Foreign Relations U.S. 1952–4 (U.S. Dept. of State) (1982) XIII. ii. 1842 The Sec. thinks they will stand on terms so we can move in there and bolster their position.
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