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take a stand on/against sth
stand 作名词常与 take 搭配，表示形成并坚持明确立场；on 后接议题，against 后接反对的事物。
She took a strong stand on the issue.
她在这个问题上表明了坚定的立场。
立场；态度；主张
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立场；态度；主张
A firm and resolute position or attitude; a determined opinion or action taken in opposition to something.
She took a strong stand on the issue.
她在这个问题上表明了坚定的立场。
常出现在 take a stand（表明立场）等搭配中。
站立的动作
The act of standing.
支撑物或基础
a support or foundation
防御姿态或努力
A defensive position or effort.
物体或人站立的位置
the position where a thing or person stands
The mayor took a firm stand against cutting the city's public library budget.
市长坚决反对削减该市公共图书馆的预算。
AI contextual example
After listening to both sides, she made her stand clear at the meeting.
听完双方意见后，她在会上明确表明了自己的立场。
AI contextual example
His strong stand on environmental protection won him many supporters.
他在环保问题上的坚定立场为他赢得了许多支持者。
AI contextual example
they cut down a stand of trees
他们砍倒了一片树林。
WordNet
stand 作名词常与 take 搭配，表示形成并坚持明确立场；on 后接议题，against 后接反对的事物。
She took a strong stand on the issue.
她在这个问题上表明了坚定的立场。
a stand for 指用来支撑或放置某物的架子、底座。
He bought a stand for his laptop.
他买了一个笔记本电脑支架。
a stand of 用于指同一区域内成片生长的树木或植物。
We walked through a stand of tall pines.
我们穿过一片高大的松林。
the stand 指法庭上的证人席；take the stand 是固定说法，表示在法庭上作证。
The victim was asked to take the stand.
受害人被要求出庭作证。
Not this
He took firm stand on the issue.
Use this
He took a firm stand on the issue.
stand 表示“立场”时是可数名词单数，前面需要加冠词 a；take a stand on 是固定搭配，不能省略冠词。
Not this
She has a clear stand about climate change.
Use this
She has a clear stand on climate change.
stand 表示“明确立场”时，后面接介词 on，不用 about；这是 take/have a stand on 的固定搭配要求。
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采取立场
She decided to take a stand for animal rights.
她决定为动物权利采取立场。
坚决反对；坚守立场
The community made a stand against the new highway.
社区坚决反对修建新公路。
证人席
The witness looked nervous as she approached the witness stand.
证人走向证人席时看起来很紧张。
乐谱架
He adjusted his music stand to get a better view of the sheet music.
他调整乐谱架以便更清楚地看到乐谱。
一片树木
A small stand of birch trees grew near the lake.
湖边生长着一小片桦树。
出租车候车处
The hotel has a taxi stand at the entrance.
酒店入口处有一个出租车候车处。
明确立场；站出来（表示支持或反对）
You need to take a stand against injustice.
你需要站出来反对不公正。
一夜情；单场演出
What started as a one-night stand turned into a serious relationship.
一开始只是一夜情，后来却发展成了认真的恋爱关系。
出庭作证；坐上证人席
The witness took the stand and answered the lawyer's questions.
证人出庭作证并回答了律师的问题。
团结则存，分裂则亡。
A well-known English proverb emphasizing the importance of unity, often quoted in speeches and used in patriotic songs.
一句著名的英语谚语，强调团结的重要性，常在演讲中引用，也用于爱国歌曲。
如果你不坚持某种信念，你就会相信任何事。
A popular saying often attributed to Alexander Hamilton, urging people to develop firm principles. It appears in political speeches and self-help books.
这则常见名言常被归于亚历山大·汉密尔顿，激励人们确立坚定的原则。它也出现在政治演讲和励志书中。
Use stand naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
st- 发音像“站”：人站的位置是站位，坚持的态度是立场，托住物体的架子是支架。
语域：neutral 常见场景：news article、meeting、casual talk 这里讨论 stand 作名词表示“立场、态度”的用法。该义项语域通常为中性，正式和非正式场合都出现；多用于表达个人或团体的坚定主张。具体正式程度会随搭配和语境变化。
All six words rhyme with stand /stænd/: hand, band, land, sand, grand, brand all end in /-ænd/. Beware lookalikes that sound different: wand /wɒnd/ (or /wɑːnd/) and wander /ˈwɒndər/ (or /ˈwɑːndər/) contain the same 'and' spelling but have a different vowel sound.
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