| 单词 | to stick up for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stick up for a. to stick up for: to support or defend (a person, cause, etc.). Cf. to stand up for at stand v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 1792 Sentimental & Masonic Mag. Nov. 459 Rights of Woman—Ay—ay—women always stick up for absolute power, wherever they can. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 167 I have..always stuck up for my college and never telegraph'd the big wigs. 1837 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 20 I shall always like him the better for ‘sticking up’ for old New England. 1878 M. Oliphant in Littell's Living Age 23 Feb. 476/1 Stick up for yourself, and other folks will think of you according, that's what I say. 1918 D. Haig Let. 16 June in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 421 I will give him every credit for being in a very difficult situation, and will stick up for him as I have hitherto done. 1969 J. Rhys in Times 28 June 19/2 He had liked the man, stuck up for him, laughed off his obvious eccentricities, denied point blank that he was certifiable. 2001 Independent 1 Feb. i. 13/1 I've got to stick up for what I believe in. 2003 M. Salzman True Notebooks xix. 223 If he was to survive, he had to stick up for himself. < as lemmas |
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