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单词 stand on
释义

stand on

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verb (intr)

(adverb) to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading
(preposition) to insist onto stand on ceremony
stand on one's own feet or stand on one's own two feet informal to be independent or self-reliant

Words nearby stand on

stand-off half, standoff insulator, standoffish, standoff missile, stand oil, stand on, stand one's ground, stand on one's own feet, standout, stand over, standover man
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with stand on

stand on

1

Be based on, depend on, as in Our success will stand on their support. [c. 1600]

2

Insist on observance of, as in Let's not stand on ceremony. This usage today is nearly always put in a negative context. [Mid-1500s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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