stand·ing1 /ˈstændɪŋ/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] 1 XXpermanently agreed or arranged 永久的;长期有效的;常置的 You have to pay standing charges whether or not you use the service. 无论是否使用这项服务,你都必须一直付费。
standing invitation (=permission to visit someone whenever you like) 长期有效的邀请
a standing army (=a professional permanent army) 常备军
A standing committee was established to coordinate the army and navy. 成立了常务委员会以协调陆军和海军。
2 PRAISEdone from a standing position 直立着做的;站着做的 The runners set off from a standing start. 选手们以站姿起跑。
standing ovation (=when people stand up to clap after a performance) 起立鼓掌
3 standing joke JOKEsomething that happens often and that people make jokes about 笑柄 The whole incident became a standing joke between us. 整件事成了我们时常提起的笑料。
standing joke• He'd been so much taller than her for such a long time that it had become a standing joke.• It had been a standing joke.• It is a standing joke between them, he hopes, how sophisticated their boy is.• A bad mistake, as this became a standing joke for the rest of the week.• It was something of a standing joke that she lived up to her Libran indecisiveness.• It became a standing joke that we would eventually work together, and then one day it became serious.