单词 | to stand up to |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand up to b. to stand up to. extracted from standv. (a) intransitive. To meet, face, or withstand (an opponent, situation, etc.) courageously.See also to stand up to the rack at rack n.4 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > one who braves danger > defy danger (person or thing) [verb] face1570 dare1580 out-countenancec1585 to stand up to1596 outdare1598 to carry it off1663 to take the bull by the horns1711 brave1776 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > rise or be standing [verb (intransitive)] > be standing > in water, mud, etc., up to knees to stand inc1175 to stand up to1596 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist > maintain resistance against to stand before ——OE bearOE tholec1175 sustainc1330 last1340 suffera1387 support1483 outstand1571 hold1592 to hold outa1616 ridea1649 brunt1800 to stand up to1921 1596 H. Broughton Daniel ii. H3 Three kinges stande vp to Paras: and the fourth shalbe farre richer then they all. a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 27 He stood up to me And mated my commands. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘Stand up to him’ (ring); do not flinch from the blows. 1827 W. Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiii. 307 He found few antagonists able to stand up to him in the boxing ring. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 102/1 Few men..ventured to stand up boldly to such terrific bowling. 1894 Speaker 9 June 640/1 He knuckled under to any one who chose to stand up to him. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 94/2 There [sc. Potsdam] the President was informed that the first atomic bomb had been dropped in New Mexico—with complete success. But he did not stand up to Stalin. 2004 F. Lawrence Not on Label i. 5 They seem to be after a monopoly. But maybe that's not such a bad thing, if we're going to stand up to the power of the supermarkets. (b) intransitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. Of a thing: to endure, withstand (hard use, criticism, etc.).With quot. 1907 cf. to stand to —— 5b at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1907 Washington Post 7 Apr. 18/1 (advt.) Roadability tests have shown it can stand up to its work on the worst roads in the world. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxxxv I had seen Bible fetichism, after standing up to all the rationalistic batteries of Hume, Voltaire, and the rest, collapse before the onslaught of much less gifted Evolutionists. 1940 Punch 11 Dec. p. xiii Nylon tufts will stand up to an incredible amount of hard use. 2006 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 23 June 7 The box and all the equipment is very robust and will stand up to any amount of ill treatment. < as lemmas |
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