单词 | to stand for something |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand for something (or nothing) a. intransitive. To be counted or considered as; to reckon to be. Esp. in to stand for something (or nothing): to have some (or no) value or importance.Formerly also with person as indirect object (e.g. quots. a1400, 1563). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——OE to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to be in any one's coat1530 walk1558 to serve the turn of1565 succenturiate1647 commute1653 to hand the saw1654 substitute1675 surrogate1681 to be in (another person's) shoes1767 substitute1888 pinch-hit1911 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] to stand for something (or nothing)OE frustrate1471 unavail1866 to cut ice1894 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] reckeOE recka1250 attainc1374 beforcec1375 pertaina1382 concern1477 import1539 signifya1616 to trench into (unto)1621 to bear (a) (great) state1623 urge1654 relate1655 bulk1672 refer1677 argufy1751 to be no small drinka1774 tell1779 reckon1811 to count for (much, little, nothing, etc.)1857 to stand for something (or nothing)1863 shout1876 count1885 mind1915 rate1926 OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) ii. xxxvii. 338 Gyf hwa on leasre gewitnesse openlice stande & he oferstæled weorðe, ne stande his gewitnes syððan for aht. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9972 It es vs sett als in þe marche, And standes vs for sceild and targe, Agains all vre wiþerwyns. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. ii. l. 3188 Yif power fayleþ þe wille nis but in ydel and stant for nauȝt [L. frustra sit]. 1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) 211 b For that daye yt he heareth a masse,..if a man die: it shall stand hym for hys housell. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 34 Iupiter himself, shal stand for example. 1659 N. R. Proverbs 54 He stands for a Cipher. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 23 The two Audiences which he had receiv'd should stand for nothing. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. ii. 28 He began to divine faintly,..that external circumstances do stand for something. 1905 Single Tax Rev. Apr. 28 Shibboleths that stand for nothing in his theorics of social adjustments. 2007 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 147 A self-satisfied pose that stands for nothing and doesn't require you take creative responsibility. < as lemmas |
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