单词 | stand behind |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand behind to stand behind 1. intransitive. To occupy or take up a standing position behind someone or something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > stand behind [verb (intransitive)] to stand behind?c1335 ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 136 Þe fals wolf stode behind, He was doggid and ek felle. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. l. 2536 (MED) Heer stant oon behynde, Duk of Athenis, turne toward hym þi stile. 1630 J. Squire Plaine Expos. Epist. to Thessalonians xvi. 460 Some standing behind did pull a string..whereby it would move the hand, as if it did blesse the people. 1777 J. Kindersley Lett. from E. Indies liv. 232 Several black fellows stand behind,..some of them playing upon a sitar. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 21 Enid..spread the board, And stood behind, and waited on the three. 2014 J. Vines Vines: My Life & Ministry 12 He stood, bracing himself by holding on to the rostrum. An aide stood behind to catch him, should he fall. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > be or become apostate [verb (intransitive)] renayc1300 to go backward1382 to fall awayc1384 to stand behindc1475 to turn (one's) tippet1546 relapse1563 backslide1581 apostate1596 apostatize1611 renegade1611 apostasize1696 renegado1731 renege1744 c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 431 (MED) And ȝif apostasie is stondyng bihynde, hou myche stondiþ bihynde ilche siche þat shal be dampned? c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 438 For þei stonden bihynde, and fyȝten not wiþ þe fend. to stand behind —— to stand behind —— intransitive. To sustain, support, or assist (someone or something). ΚΠ 1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan I. ii. ii. 40 He forthwith stood behind his disobedience, with thirty thousand men. 1834 Morning Chron. 27 Nov. The people would stand behind such a ministry determined to back them. 1879 Western Daily Press 22 Nov. 3/4 All Ireland will stand behind the accused. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 July 2/4 The NDP stands behind the Official Languages Act, but does not view language policy as the answer to unity, he said. 2010 Independent 23 Apr. (Viewspaper section) 12/3 Governments stepped in to stand behind the global financial system at the height of the crisis. < as lemmas |
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