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vi. 站立；位于；停滞
vt. 使站立；忍受；抵抗
n. 站立；立场；看台；停止

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But I know if you don't grow, you stand still, and that doesn't work for me.

Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

Still, gamification only stands to become more popular, he says, as more and more people come into the workforce who are familiar with the structures and expressions of digital games.

I have visited some of the newer supposedly effective schools, where children shout slogans in order to learn self-control or must stand behind their desk when they can't sit still.

Her past record might stand in her way to a new life.

For instance, you can move a TV to the kitchen and watch your favorite shows while you're standing at the sink.

At the most cutting-edge retail stores—Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance—you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay.

Because ConAgra felt the product would be an impulse purchase, it was important to make the item stand out in the freezer case.

His product launches, at which he would stand alone on a black stage and produce as if by magic an "incredible" new electronic gadget （小器具）in front of an amazed crowd, were the performances of a master showman.

He stood out in three ways－as a technologist, as a corporate （公司的）leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets.

Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships

What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?

I had my heart set on it and I didn't let anything stand in my way.

"Make your own way"," Stand on your own two feet" or my mother's favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: Now that you've made your bed, lie on it.

If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still.

She can't stand the hot weather.

Once, at a drug store, I was looking around and found a guy standing on a large box, stocking the shelves.

I really can't stand the way David controls the conversation all the time.content>You are standing up all the time.

At the most cutting-edge retail stores —Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance—you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay.

But those shifts have yet to be reflected in record obesity levels, which stand at 36.5% overall in the US.

I have visited some of the newer supposedly "effective" schools, where children shout slogans in order to learn self-control or must stand behind their desk when they can' t sit still .

since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are only about a quarter of an inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery.

The outer layers of the volcano were worn away until the hard core stood completely exposed.

With little else to go on, they were asked to estimate Mr.Williams's salary, professional standing, and educational background.

Per-capita local government spendingIn other words, communities with high levels of per-capita income growth, high percentages of two-parent families, and high local government spending—which may stand for good schools— are the most likely to help poor children relive Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches story.

One's professional standing and income are related to their educational background.

Apple stands to win as well, hooking more young consumers with decades of technology purchases ahead of them.

The stack of congressional regulations governing federal student grants and loans now stands twice as tall as I do.

We stand to lose 10 percent of our price for each week of overdue delivery.

Make your own way"," Stand on your own two feet" or my mother's favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: Now that you've made your bed, lie on it.

She cannot stand her boss's bad temper.

The writer can stand aside from experience and look at it, watch it happening

But very often, a writer can appear to stand aside, and this detachment makes people feel there's a bit of ice in the heart.

But what was really important about that was the universities stand out as places that really are about the authority of ideas.

Here's where there needs to be a much wider public conversation that extends beyond government agencies and scientific communities to include students, hobbyists, and anyone who may potentially stand to be affected by the use of CubeSat technology.

In many cases, you could stand at the edge one village and see the outskirts of the next community.

In other words, communities with high levels of per-capita income growth, high percentages of two-parent families, and high local government spending — which may stand for good schools — are the most likely to help poor children relive Horatio Alger's rag

A rethink is required - and as a new approach starts to become apparent, two ideas stand out.

A six-month trial will be introduced at Holborn station from mid-April, eliminating the rule of standing on the right and walking on the left.

A third will remain a mix of walking and standing.

According to London underground, only 40 percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the "standing "side.

After spotting a wallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the owner to return.

Andy, you've been standing in front of that sandwich counter forever.

Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.

As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest.

Body language can give away a lot about your mood, so standing with your arms folded can send out a signal that you are being defensive.

But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the brown's grove farm's stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist.

Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.

For example, "bridge" might stand for "meet" and "out" might stand for "me".

Fortunately the station-master was standing outside.

Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge.

He has a constant urge to check for text messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He's so addicted to it that he just can't stand the idea that there may be an important text.

He stood by the piano, eyes closed, listening for the first time to his own work being played by someone else.

He's the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene.

I count twelve shades of green from where I stand.

I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.

Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: Should I jump?

In the first move of its kind, all travelers will be forced to stand on both sides of escalators on the London underground as part of a plan to increase capacity at the height of the rush hour.

In the new trail, in addition to one escalator banning walking in rush hours, the other "up" escalators will be used for standing only and a mix of walking and standing.

In the new trial, which will be launched from April 18, one of three "up" escalators will be standing only, with a second banning walking at peak times.

It can uncover laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up.

It needs to be constructed from materials that will stand the heat of the lamp and regular adjustments by the user.

It's much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.

Meanwhile your eyes are telling you you're standing straight.

My 10-year-old noticed him and make a comment on how bad it must be to have to stand outside in the cold wind.

My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard.

On the first day of my first grade, I stood by the door with butterflies in my stomach.

Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency.

Peter mcnaught, operations director at London underground, said: "It may not seem right that you can go quicker by standing still, but our experiments at holborn have proved that it can be true."

She felt tired after standing too long.

Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me.

The next time you're standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you'll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don't be desperate.

The rest of us have to evade them or just stand still to wait for the unavoidable collision.

The world is full of half-filled stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone's passing interest.

They have to stand up straight.

They were unable to stand the winter.

This new six-month trial will help US find out if we can influence customers to stand on both sides in the long term.

When the car's owner John anderson and his colleague Carol Lawrence returned to the car-which was itself worth ￡35, 000—in Glasgow city centre, they were shocked to find two policemen standing next to it.

When the studio didn't want me for the film -- it wanted somebody as well known as paul -- he stood up for me.

With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.

With a new farm bill to be debated in congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

However, none of these requirements should deter large retailers ( ' , and even some large food producers and existing wholesalers) from trying their hand, for those that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe stand to reap considerable gains.

Johnson & Johnson, for example, has created BabyCenter, a stand-alone media property that promotes complementary and even competitive products.

In so doing they give composure to a segment of the inarticulate environment in which they take their stand.

But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down.

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

However, none of these requirements should deter large retailers from trying their hand, for those that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe stand to reap considerable gains.

Next time you talk with someone who takes a stand, ask them to give you a reason for their view.

now stand at a record $1.5 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve.

The Boyle Family, on the other hand, stand for its dirty, urban aspect.

Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms' political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.

Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra—their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.