stand up• "I have to go now, " she said, standing up.• It's generally better to do this exercisestanding up.• She spent the whole evening wonderingwhy her date had stood her up.• The bartender had to go round standing up all the stools that had been knocked down in the fight.• The seats were all taken and we had to stand up all the way from Tokyo to Nagoya.• Abruptly she stood up, and got ready to leave.• Tom stood the statue up and looked at it.• Stand the wine bottle up for a few hours in a warm place before drinking.• If he continues to stand up his friends, he's not going to have any left.• Could you all stand upplease.• He stood up to shake Mel's hand.
Stand up straight• Here's one you can do when you're waiting in that boring old queue. Stand up straight.
stand up and be counted• Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.• We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!• I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.
2.a comedian who does stand-up comedy 单人说笑喜剧演员,单口相声演员
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stand-up• Then they cut to a light-skinned black woman doing a stand-up in front of a building that looked familiar.• By the time we opened I was practically doing stand-up out there.• Britain's top stand-up apparently is Sean Lock.
The memoirs stand up well to cross-checking with other records.
这本回忆录完全经得起与其他记录对照核实。
Without a witness, the charges will never stand up in court (=be successfully proved in a court of law).
没有证人,这些指控在法庭上是绝对站不住脚的。
d)stand somebody up informalMEET# to not meet someone who you have arranged to meet 未与某人如约见面,使某人空等
I was supposed to go to a concert with Kyle on Friday, but he stood me up.
我星期五本来要跟凯尔一起去听音乐会的,但他失约了,让我空等一场。
e)stand up and be countedOPINION to make it very clear what you think about something when this is dangerous or might cause trouble for you 〔对危险或可能引起麻烦的事物〕公开表明立场[态度]
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stand up• "I have to go now, " she said, standing up.• It's generally better to do this exercisestanding up.• She spent the whole evening wonderingwhy her date had stood her up.• The bartender had to go round standing up all the stools that had been knocked down in the fight.• The seats were all taken and we had to stand up all the way from Tokyo to Nagoya.• Abruptly she stood up, and got ready to leave.• Tom stood the statue up and looked at it.• Stand the wine bottle up for a few hours in a warm place before drinking.• If he continues to stand up his friends, he's not going to have any left.• Could you all stand upplease.• He stood up to shake Mel's hand.
Stand up straight• Here's one you can do when you're waiting in that boring old queue. Stand up straight.
stand up and be counted• Those who admire her should stand up and be counted.• We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted!• I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands.