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单词 stand guard
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If you stand guard, you stand near a particular person or place because you are responsible for watching or protecting them.
One young policeman stood guard outside the locked embassy gates.
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stand guard in British English

(of a military sentry, etc) to keep watch
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stand guard in American English

to do sentry duty
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Examples of 'stand guard' in a sentence
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Yesterday morning three officers were standing guard outside the embassy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Split screen shows her superimposed over the captors standing guard outside her room.
The Sun (2013)
Police family liaison officers were with them and a uniformed officer stood guard outside the front door.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Police also stood guard outside his home.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Last night neighbours spoke of their horror as officers stood guard outside.
The Sun (2015)
Four officers were last night standing guard outside the house.
The Sun (2009)
Forensic officers dusted for fingerprints while two cops stood guard outside.
The Sun (2010)
Armed police stood guard outside the hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I got back to the locker room and the bobbies helped me by standing guard outside.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A police officer stood guard outside the house where they used to live yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A patrol car stood guard outside the family's suburban home.
The Sun (2009)
A tank and an armoured personnel carrier, apparently captured by the rebels, stood guard outside the hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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