| 单词 | take a firm stand |
| 释义 | take a firm stand (once / 65663 pages) v WORD FAMILY take a firm stand: taken a firm stand, takes a firm stand, taking a firm stand, took a firm stand USAGE EXAMPLESNevertheless, some doctors say more families seem to want pediatricians to take a firm stand. Washington Post(Nov 12, 2016) En route to the fair, Trump attacked Clinton on immigration and took a firm stand against offering undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. Washington Post(Sep 05, 2016) Coups are far less common these days; the African Union, often an ineffectual organisation, has recently taken a firm stand against them. Economist(Aug 18, 2016) v be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge Syn|Hypo insist hold firm, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief assert, asseverate, maintainstate categorically hunker downhold stubbornly to a position allege, aver, sayreport or maintain predicate, proclaimaffirm or declare as an attribute or quality of |
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