The Chancellor has withstood the criticism and held firm.
总理顶住批评,坚持立场。
Examples from the Corpus
withstand• The bridge is built to withstand an earthquake of 8.3 magnitude.• Rear-facing safetyseats can not withstand deployment of an airbag, the agency said.• Working copy: not likely to withstand further toil.• The plant is sensitive to alkaline conditions and preferscool waters but temporarily withstands higher temperatures.• An epidemic of such proportions that nothing could withstand it.• It can withstandknocks, is low-odour and quick-drying.• Owens has withstood many attacks on his leadership.• Lind also installedcarpeting that could withstand the impact of the wheels.• It must also be robust enough to withstand the wear and tear of the postal system and the editor's desk.• They might dislike what he did but could not withstand what he was as a result of doing it.
Originwithstand
Old Englishwithstandan, from with“against” + standan“to stand”