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单词 to stand firm
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to stand firm
2. Chiefly in to stand firm (literal and figurative), and to hold firm (to).
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > be faithful or loyal to [verb (transitive)]
teemc1275
to bear faithc1300
to hold firm (to)a1340
to stick to ——1531
to stick unto ——1531
to stick by ——1533
rely1582
to summer and winter1602
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)]
standeOE
cleavec1275
to stand stiffa1290
stick1447
to stand or stick to one's tackling1529
to stand in this1538
to set down (the or one's) staff1584
to stand one's ground1600
to stand to one's pan pudding1647
to maintain one's ground1736
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
to stay put1843
to stand firm1856
to sit tight1890
to keep the flag flying1914
to dig in one's toes1933
to hold the line1956
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xviii. 10 Þat þai be halden ferme.
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 1v A right lyne is that which standeth firme betwene his extremes.
1611 Bible (King James) Josh. iv. 3 The place where the Priests feet stood firme. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. i. 61 Heel'd make the Heauens hold firme The walls of thy deere Honour.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §900 Wee that hold firme to the Works of God.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 295 He an old tried Soldier stood firm.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 106 I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes.
1857 C. H. Spurgeon New Park St. Pulpit II. 132 Those who hold truth pretty firm and will not let it go.
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