Word · Frequency #273
stands
立场；态度；主张
stands is the plural of stand.
A firm and resolute position or attitude; a determined opinion or action taken in opposition to something.
常出现在 take a stand（表明立场）等搭配中。
- 1.
The act of standing.
站立的动作
- 2.
a support or foundation
支撑物或基础
- 3.
A defensive position or effort.
防御姿态或努力
- 4.
the position where a thing or person stands
物体或人站立的位置
- 5.
A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
坚定的、不动摇的立场；坚决的意见；面对反对为某一目的采取的行动
- 6.
a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
特定区域内相似植物(通常是树木)的生长
- 7.
A period of performance in a given location or venue.
在某地或某场馆的演出时段
- 8.
A device to hold something upright or aloft.
支撑某物使其直立或高擎的装置；支架
- 9.
The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
法庭上证人作证的平台；证人席
- 10.
A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
一片特定的树林或其他树木灌木丛
- 11.
A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
具有足够一致的年龄级分布、组成和结构,并生长在土地质量足够一致的地点上,因此可视为一个可区分单元的连续树木群
- 12.
A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
停顿,静止状态,如困惑的人或发现猎物的猎犬
- 13.
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
小型建筑、棚子或舞台,如音乐台或汉堡摊
- 14.
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
指定的人或物可站立或等待的地点
- 15.
Grandstand. (often in the plural)
大看台(常用复数)
- 16.
A partnership.
合作关系
- 17.
A single set, as of arms.
一套武器
- 18.
A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
幼树,通常在其他树木被砍伐时保留；也指长在自己根上的树,与嫁接在同种或异种树上的树不同
- 19.
A location or position where one may stand.
可以站立的位置或地点
- 20.
An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
填满整个广告牌的广告,由多张纸组成
支架；底座；托架；证人席；抵抗；防卫；对抗；树丛；林分；驻演期；演出档期
In use
The mayor took a firm stand against cutting the city's public library budget.
After listening to both sides, she made her stand clear at the meeting.
His strong stand on environmental protection won him many supporters.
they cut down a stand of trees
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。
a stand for sth
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。
Connections
Collocations
- take a stand
- 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。
- make a stand
- 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。
- witness stand
- 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。
- music stand
- 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。
- a stand of trees
- 一片树木
- A small stand of birch trees grew near the lake.湖边生长着一小片桦树。
- taxi stand
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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