| 单词 | to stand up and be counted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand up and (or to) be counted colloquial (originally U.S.). to stand up and (or to) be counted: to show or declare one's political allegiance; (also more generally) to demonstrate one's support for someone or something, esp. when doing so requires courage. ΚΠ 1830 St. Louis Beacon (Missouri) 23 Sept. He saw anti-Jackson Senators go and get Barton to come in the bar of the Senate to stand up and be counted with them. 1904 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 12 Aug. 10 Another democratic paper, the ‘Sacramento Bee’, follows the example of the ‘Chicago Chronicle’ and stands up to be counted for Roosevelt. 1968 Listener 1 Aug. 134/2 I suppose in the end it was having to stand up and be counted as part of ‘The New Establishment’; being forced to own up that I earn my living and have my being in that world. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iv. 38 A mild-mannered man. But he felt he must stand up and be counted. 2013 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 31/3 Under such slogans as ‘United We Stand, Divided They'll Catch Us One by One’, he urged San Francisco's gay community to stand up and be counted. < as lemmas |
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