the stand

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe standthe standSCTa witness box Will the next witness please take the stand (=go into the witness box)? → standExamples from the Corpustake the stand• Flammer, 24, took the stand to authenticate his pictures Tuesday.• Drew once again took the stand, and he was once again questioned about his movements on 22 June.• And Bill was shocked to see her agent take the stand, saying that he had opposed the marriage to Bill.• But the worst day of all was the day that Bill took the stand himself.• When he took the stand, King admitted the rider to the contract was phony but denied responsibility and blamed co-workers.• It was for that reason that I took the stand I did, and put forward the views that I did.• On Monday, Lieutenant Richards will take the stand.• Having announced that it would take the stand, however, the department feared the consequences of backing down.

单词	the stand
释义	the stand From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe standthe standSCTa witness box Will the next witness please take the stand (=go into the witness box)? → standExamples from the Corpustake the stand• Flammer, 24, took the stand to authenticate his pictures Tuesday.• Drew once again took the stand, and he was once again questioned about his movements on 22 June.• And Bill was shocked to see her agent take the stand, saying that he had opposed the marriage to Bill.• But the worst day of all was the day that Bill took the stand himself.• When he took the stand, King admitted the rider to the contract was phony but denied responsibility and blamed co-workers.• It was for that reason that I took the stand I did, and put forward the views that I did.• On Monday, Lieutenant Richards will take the stand.• Having announced that it would take the stand, however, the department feared the consequences of backing down.
随便看	be on the point of (doing) something be on the point of doing be on the prowl be on the prowl for be on the ragged edge be on the razzle be on the receiving end be on the receiving end of be on the record as saying that be on the right track be on the right/wrong track be on the road to ruin be on the rocks be on the ropes conference call conference center conference centre conference etc venue conference room etc conference room/table etc conference table etc conferencing conferre conferring confess