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单词 upstanding
释义
upstandingup‧stand‧ing /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/ adjective formal Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an upstanding citizen
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A strong breeze caught the upstanding feathered plumes of her hat and blew it off.
  • At the kitchen door, the cat, neck-fur upstanding like the spines of a hedgehog, wailed to be let out.
  • She was a fine upstanding middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.
  • So Gilly was an elder of the church, an upstanding member of the community.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=honest and responsible)· The rest of his family are honest upright citizens.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • He was upstanding all right: it almost strained his back muscles.
  • The thing is that 99 percent of the millions of people going through here every year are upstanding people.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivestandingoutstandingupstandingnounstandstandingverbstandadverboutstandingly
1honest and responsible:  upstanding young men and women2standing upright or pointing upwards3be upstanding British English spoken formal used in a formal situation such as a law court to tell people to stand up as a sign of respect for an important person
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