单词 | make a stand |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a (or one's) stand a. An act of determinedly holding or defending a position against an enemy in battle instead of retreating or surrendering; a display of resistance or opposition in battle. Chiefly in to make a (or one's) stand. Cf. stand v. 8a and last stand n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > [noun] stand1555 last stand1660 1555 J. Wilkinson tr. L. de Avila y Cuñiga Comm. Wars in Germany sig. D.v They made a stonde with theyr horsemen and footemen, and began to tempest on al partes with al theyr artillerye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 2 Wel fought, we are come off, Like Romans, neither foolish in our stands, Nor Cowardly in retyre. View more context for this quotation 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 269 He had raised a breast-work at a narrow pass, behind which he resolved to make his stand. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlvii. 115 The besieged made a short stand in the market-place. 1935 Daily Mail 7 Oct. 14/2 The Abyssinian troops have not been able to deliver battle and make a stand..before the Italian invading forces. 2001 Philadelphia Inquirer 14 Nov. a20/3 Maybe they are keeping their powder dry to make a stand in Kandahar. But their retreats could set off a chain reaction of rebellions against them. to make (or take) a stand b. More generally: an act of resistance or opposition; a determined effort to oppose something. In later use also: a show of support for or opposition against something that is subject to controversy, disagreement, etc. Frequently in to make (or take) a stand.Sometimes hard to distinguish from sense 14b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > step or movement in opposition counterblast1567 stand1602 counter-motion1606 outstandingc1650 counterpace1692 counter-step1720 counter-move1858 counter-movement1866 fight-back1953 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B2v Take spirit..be confident: Make a firme stand, here rests the hope of all. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 12 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1459 Mr. Hampden, to whose brave stand against the illegal demand of Ship-money, we owe our present liberties. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) i. 13 We at once determined to make a stand against oppression. 1880 L. T. Townsend Fate of Republics iv. iii. 208 Archbishop Williams dares not take a stand against them in their present agitation of the school question. 1952 Economist 6 Sept. 556/1 It is believed that there will be a substantial ‘silent’ vote against Mr. McCarthy by other citizens unwilling or unable to take a public stand against him. 1989 L. Clarke Chymical Wedding (1990) ix. 212 Mindless gentry—with a single decent exception. One of them made a stand for repeal of the Corn Laws, which must have taken some guts in this neck of the woods. 2000 D. J. Reimer in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 336/2 Jeremiah's career has been associated with the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his stand against Nazism. 2017 Acorn (Nexis) 15 Oct. 1 We wanted to make a stand against racism. to make (a) stand a. The action or an act of standing in place. Also with reference to a person in motion: the act of coming to a position of rest; a pause or halt in movement (esp. in to make (a) stand). Cf. sense 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > act of arrestc1385 stop?1575 stand1591 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] > make a firm stand to make (a) stand1591 to put one's foot down1833 to stand up to one's lick-logs1834 1591 G. Clayton Approoued Order Martiall Discipline i. 15 He is to accompany the watch to place of stand. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vi. 2 This is the penthouse vnder which Lorenzo desired vs to make stand [1623 make a stand] . View more context for this quotation a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm2v/1 Why dost thou make These often stands? thou saidst thou knewst the way. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 8 At ev'ry Turn, she made a little Stand, And thrust among the Thorns her Lilly hand To draw the Rose. 1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 208 He made a stand at one of them, and appeared to deposit something. 1898 D. Wingate in Ballads & Poems (Glasgow Ballad Club) 2nd Ser. 272 But bairns cam' hame and stauns cam' roun', A trade depressed brang wages doun. to make (a) stand b. With reference to thoughts, speech, etc.: the act of coming to a stop, pause, or halt. Chiefly in to make (a) stand. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > a temporary cessation of activity or operation pause1440 trip1584 interpause1595 wem1599 stand1602 vacation1617 interspiration1623 intercisiona1631 interregnum1659 lapse1838 shutdown1857 break1878 slip1898 seventh-inning stretch1915 standoff1918 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iii. B2v And thrice, deluded by erroneous sense, I forc't my thoughts make stand. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 39 And we are all well pleas'd, Since all, and euery part of what we would Doth make a stand, at what your Highnesse will. View more context for this quotation a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 536 Had these narrators made a stand here,..they had found nor contradiction nor discommendation. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 33. ⁋7 But by Heaven, and all that's Sacred! If you could ——. Here he made a full Stand. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 127 It was not unthinking carelessness, by which he run on headlong in Vice and Folly, without ever making a stand to ask himself what he was doing. < as lemmas |
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