STANDto stand upright on your feet1 to be in a standing position2 to stand after sitting or lying down3 to stand with your back straight4 to put your foot on somethingto accept an unpleasant situation5 to accept an unpleasant situation6 something unpleasant that you can stand7 when a situation is so bad that you cannot stand itRELATED WORDSto get up after being asleep 睡醒起床WAKE UP/GET UPsee alsoSITLIEBEND (2)1 to be in a standing position 站立stand /stænd/ [intransitive verb]to be on your feet in an upright position 站，站立 There were no seats, so we had to stand. 没有座位了，我们只能站着。stand next to/beside/in etc I was standing next to the entrance. 我站在入口旁边。 A young girl stood in the doorway, sheltering from the rain. 一个小女孩站在门口躲雨。 When we entered, he was standing by his desk. 我们进去的时候，他正站在书桌的旁边。 A hundred policemen stood arm-in-arm in front of the cathedral. 百名警察手挽手站在教堂的前面。stand doing somethingstand while you are doing something 站着做某事 She stood watching him as he turned to go. 她站着目送他转身离去。stand and do something I stood and stared at him in amazement. 我站在那里，惊讶地看着他。stand up straightwith your back and legs straight 笔直地站着 The ceilings were so low that Mark couldn't stand up straight. 天花板低得马克都站不直。stand stillstand without moving 站着不动 Stand still while I brush your hair. 站着别动，我给你梳头。 He stood still, his feet rooted to the ground in fear. 他吓得站着一动不动，脚底像生了根似的。stand up /ˌstænd ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to stand rather than be sitting, lying down, or kneeling 站立 It's generally better to do this exercise standing up. 这个运动一般最好站着做。 The seats were all taken and we had to stand up all the way from Tokyo to Nagoya. 座位都坐满了，从东京到名古屋一路上我们都只得站着。be on your feet /biː ɒn jɔːʳ ˈfiːt/ [verb phrase]to be standing, especially for a long time, with the result that you feel tired - use this especially about people who have to stand and walk a lot in their jobs 〔尤指长时间地〕站立〔尤用于指人们在工作上要长时间站立和行走〕 You go. I've been on my feet all day, and I need a rest. 你去，我站了一整天，需要休息一下。 She'd been on her feet all morning without once sitting down. 她站了一个早上，没有坐过一回。on tiptoe/on tiptoesalsoon your tiptoes /ɒn ˈtɪptəʊ(z), ɒn jɔːʳ ˈtɪptəʊz/ [adverb]standing on your toes, especially when you stretch your body in order to see something or reach something 踮着脚尖地〔尤为看清某物或够到某物〕 She was up on her tiptoes, with her arm about his neck. 她踮着脚尖，手臂钩着他的脖子。stand on tiptoe She stood on her tiptoes to open the high window. 她踮起脚尖，打开高处的窗户。 People were standing on tiptoe to try and see what was happening. 人们踮起脚尖想看看发生了什么事情。lean /liːn/ [intransitive verb]to stand while resting part of your body against a wall, a table etc 倚靠，靠在，靠着〔墙、桌子等〕lean against/on Kay was leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette. 凯靠在墙上抽烟。 Joe leaned on the gate and watched as they drove away. 乔靠在大门口，目送他们驾车离去。2 to stand after sitting or lying down 从坐或卧的姿势站起来get up /ˌget ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to stand after you have been sitting, bending, or lying down 起身，站起来，起来 She got up and turned off the TV. 她站起来关掉电视机。 I can't get up. Give me a hand, will you? 我站不起来了，拉我一把好吗? I watched how slowly he got up, how stiff he seemed. 我看他慢慢地起身，身体好像很僵硬。get up from a chair/seat/sofa etc Max got up from his chair and shook her hand. 马克斯从椅子上站起来和她握手。 When Maura came in, he got up from the table and poured the coffee. 毛拉进来，他就从桌子旁边站起来倒咖啡。get up off the floor/ground/grass etc One of her friends helped her to get up off the floor. 她的一位朋友把她从地板上拉起来。 I got up off the grass and strolled over to where Rob was sitting. 我从草地上站起来，慢慢走到罗布坐着的地方。get up to do something/get up and do something I was left with Maria when the others got up to dance. 其他人都站起来跳舞了，只剩下我和玛丽亚两人。stand up /ˌstænd ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to stand after you have been sitting 站起来，起立 ‘I have to go now,’ she said, standing up. “我得走了。”她站起来说。 Could you all stand up please. 请大家起立好吗。 He stood up to shake Mel's hand. 他站起来和梅尔握手。 Abruptly she stood up, and got ready to leave. 她忽地站起来，准备要走。get to your feet /ˌget tə jɔːʳ ˈfiːt/ [verb phrase]to stand up, especially slowly or when it is difficult for you 〔尤指慢慢地或艰难地〕起身，站起来 He got to his feet, and we shook hands. 他站起身来，我们握了握手。 My attorney got slowly to his feet, breathing heavily. 我的律师慢慢地站起来，呼吸沉重。rise /raɪz/ [intransitive verb]formalto stand up - use this especially in descriptions of events and formal ceremonies 【正式】起身，起立〔尤用于描述事件及正式典礼〕 The old woman rose stiffly and held out her hand. 老妇人僵僵地站起来，然后伸出手。 The congregation rose as the bride entered the cathedral. 新娘步入教堂，会众全体起立。rise from your seat/the table/a chair etc The chairman had already risen from his seat and was beginning his speech. 主席已经从座位上站起来开始讲话。rise to your feet Audience members rose to their feet, cheering and clapping. 观众站起身，鼓掌欢呼。stand to do something /ˌstænd tə ˈduː something/ [verb phrase]to stand up in order to do something, especially at a special event or formal occasion 站起来做某事〔尤指在特别的活动或正式的场合中〕 The Senate stood to welcome the new President. 参议院全体起立欢迎新总统。 Would you all please stand to sing hymn 106? 请大家起立唱赞美诗106首好吗？3 to stand with your back straight 笔直地站立stand up straight /ˌstænd ʌp ˈstreɪt/ [verb phrase] Stand up straight with your back against the wall. 背靠墙站直。 The pain in his stomach was so severe that he could no longer stand up straight. 他肚子痛得非常厉害，连站都站不直了。stand to attentionalsostand at attention /ˌstænd tʊ əˈtenʃən, ˌstænd ət əˈtenʃən/ [verb phrase]if someone such as a soldier or a police officerstands to attention, they stand with their backs straight, their arms straight down by their sides, and their feet close together 〔士兵或警官等〕立正，立正站着 The colonel gave the order for the men to stand to attention. 上校命令部下立正。 We stood at attention until we were given permission to leave. 我们立正站着，直到得到允许可以离开。draw/pull yourself up to your full height /ˌdrɔː, ˌpʊl jɔːʳself ˌʌp tə jɔːʳ ˌfʊl ˈhaɪt/ [verb phrase]to stand up as straight as you can because you are angry with someone or are determined to make them listen to you 〔因生气或下决心而〕昂首挺胸地站立 I drew myself up to my full height and informed him that the President had sent me down here personally. 我挺起胸告诉他，是总统亲自派我来这里的。 Trembling inside, I stepped out of the car and pulled myself up to my full height to face my adversary. 我内心在颤抖，下了车还是昂首挺胸面对我的敌人。straighten up /ˌstreɪtn ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to stand up after bending down low 挺直身子 She bent over the body, and when she straightened up there were tears in her eyes. 她向死者俯过身去，站直身子的时候已是泪眼汪汪。 If you're lifting something heavy, be careful not to hurt your back when you straighten up. 拎重物起身的时候，当心不要伤着背部。4 to put your foot on something 踩到某物step on/inalsotread on/inBritish /ˈstep ɒn, ɪn, ˈtred ɒn, ɪn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to put your foot down on something while you are standing or walking, especially accidentally 〔尤不小心地〕踩在，踏在 I think I must have stepped on some glass. 我想我肯定是踩到玻璃了。 I trod in some mud in the park, and tracked it into the house. 我在公园里踩到泥巴，一路踏回家中。 Ow, you trod on my foot, you clumsy brute! 噢，你踩到我脚了，你这个笨家伙！stamp on /ˈstæmp ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to deliberately put your foot down very hard on something 〔故意地〕用力踩，踏 There was a big cockroach in the kitchen and Barbara stamped on it. 厨房里有一只很大的蟑螂，芭芭拉用力地踩它。 In a recent incident, youths stamped on a police officer's head as she lay injured. 最近发生了一起事件，一名警察因为受伤倒地，一伙青年用脚猛力踩她的头。5 to accept an unpleasant situation 忍受不愉快的情况put up with /ˌpʊt ˈʌp wɪð/ [transitive phrasal verb]to accept an annoying situation or someone's annoying behaviour, without trying to stop it or change it 忍受，容忍〔指不加以阻止或改变〕 I don't know how you put up with all this noise day after day. 我不知道你怎么受得了，每天都这么吵闹。 You see what I have to put up with - the kids never stop arguing. 你看我都得忍受些什么—小孩子吵个不停。 Well, you put up with the danger and bad conditions, because you need to feed your family. 嗯，你得忍受危险和恶劣的工作条件，因为你要养家糊口。can stand /kən ˈstænd/ [verb phrase not in progressive or passive]to accept or be forced to accept an unpleasant situation 能忍受，能容忍 Don't bring me your problems, I've already got as much trouble as I can stand. 别跟我提你的问题，我的麻烦已经够我受的了。 There are cats in every room. I don't know how she can stand it. 每个房间都有猫，我不知道她怎么受得了。can stand doing something I don't think I'll be able to stand sharing an office with Dana. 我想我是受不了和达娜共用办公室的。stand another hour/minute/moment etc Can you stand another minute of this awful music? Shall I turn it off? 这么差的音乐你还能受得了吗？我把它关了好吗？bear /beəʳ/ []to accept pain or an unpleasant situation that makes you angry, sad, or upset 忍受〔疼痛或不愉快的情形〕 My leg really hurts -- I'm not sure how much longer I can bear it. 我的腿很痛—我不知道我还能忍受多久。 Talking to a counsellor can help divorcees to bear the pain of separation. 找专家谈谈可以帮助离婚的人承受分手的痛苦。 The trial was a great scandal but she bore it all with courage and dignity. 这次受审闹得满城风雨，不过她都挺了过来，显出了她的勇气和尊严。be hard to bear Her loneliness was hard to bear, after her husband died. 丈夫死后，她寂寞难熬。tolerate /ˈtɒləreɪtǁˈtɑː-/ [transitive verb]to accept an annoying situation or someone's annoying behaviour, without trying to stop it or change it. Tolerate is more formal thanput up with忍受，容忍〔比put up with正式〕 She seems to be able to tolerate any kind of behaviour from the students. 她好像能容忍学生的任何行为。 For years, the workers have had to tolerate low wages and terrible working conditions. 多年来，工人们都不得不忍受很低的工资和恶劣的工作条件。 If you can tolerate the side-effects, HRT can help the symptoms enormously. 如果你受得了那些副作用，激素补充疗法对这些症状的治疗有很大帮助。endure /ɪnˈdjʊəʳǁɪnˈdʊər/ [transitive verb]writtento accept or be forced to accept a very unpleasant or difficult situation for a long time 【书面】〔长期地〕忍受 She endured a barrage of open abuse and racism during her time at college. 她在上大学期间忍受了接二连三的公开辱骂和种族歧视。 The people in this country have endured almost a decade of economic hardship. 该国人民忍受了差不多十年的经济困难时期。take/handle /teɪk, ˈhændl/ [transitive verb]informalto accept an unpleasant situation or someone's unpleasant behaviour without becoming upset 【非正式】承受，忍受〔不愉快的情形或某人令人不愉快的行为，但并没有不开心〕 I've tried to be understanding, but quite honestly, this is more than I can take. 我是想尽量表示理解，可这件事超出了我能承受的范围。 Tell me what happened -- I can handle it. 告诉我出什么事了一我承受得住。 Are you going to argue with me, or are you just going to stand there and take it? 你是准备和我争论一番呢，还是就此算了？live with /ˈlɪv wɪð/ [transitive phrasal verb]to accept an unpleasant situation as a permanent part of your life that you cannot change 忍受，承受〔生活中没法改变的不愉快情况〕 You have to learn to live with stress. 你得学会承受压力。 I found the burden of guilt very difficult to live with. 我觉得心里的负罪感很难承受。 None of us really like the new system, but we've got to learn to live with it. 我们谁都不喜欢这种新的制度，但必须学着去接受。live with yourselfaccept something bad or wrong that you have done 后果自负 You should be careful before you do anything rash. Remember, you'll have to live with yourself afterwards. 你应该想清楚，不要草率行事。要记住，一切后果都要自负。be hard to stomach /biː ˌhɑːʳd tə ˈstʌmək/ [verb phrase]to be difficult for you to accept 让人难以忍受 Every year the Christmas shopping season seems to start earlier, a fact which many people find hard to stomach. 圣诞节购物潮似乎来得一年比一年早，许多人觉得这让人受不了。 I found this lecture from Chris of all people hard to stomach. 这么多人当中，我觉得克里斯的这个演讲最让人受不了。grin and bear it /ˌgrɪn ən ˈbeər ɪt/ [verb phrase]spokento accept an unpleasant or difficult situation as happily as you can, because you cannot change it 【口】苦笑着忍受，默默忍受 Well, I said to myself, I'll just have to grin and bear it. 算了，我就对自己说，咬咬牙忍一忍就好了。 The message was clear - no matter how insulting passengers became, we couldn't do anything but grin and bear it. 这意思很明白—不管乘客怎么侮辱你，我们都只能默默忍受。6 something unpleasant that you can stand 你能承受的不愉快事情bearable /ˈbeərəbəl/ [adjective not before noun]a situation or type of behaviour that isbearable is difficult or unpleasant, but you are just able to bear it 〔不好的情形或行为〕可忍受的 The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren. 唯有孙辈们偶尔来看望她，她的生活才能熬下去。 His leg hasn't quite healed yet, but pain-killers make it bearable. 他的腿尚未痊愈，不过吃了止痛片就能撑过去。tolerable /ˈtɒlərəbəlǁˈtɑː-/ [adjective]a situation that istolerable is bad but you are able to accept it and deal with it 〔情形〕可容忍的，过得去的 It was a tolerable existence, but only just. 日子还能凑合着过，不过已经很勉强了。 The new measures can only hope to keep fraud at tolerable levels. 这些新的举措也只能把欺诈行为控制在可接受的范围里。 An active social life may make the boredom of work more tolerable. 活跃的社交生活可以使单调的工作变得好受一些。7 when a situation is so bad that you cannot stand it 情形糟糕得让人无法忍受can't standalsocan't bearespecially British /ˌkɑːnt ˈstænd, ˌkɑːnt ˈbeəʳǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]to be unable to accept an unpleasant situation 不能忍受，忍受不了〔不愉快的情形〕 Europeans never stay there for long. They can't stand the heat. 欧洲人在那里从来都待不久，他们受不了那里的热。 I can't bear the smell of stale cigarette smoke in her hair. 我受不了她头发里那污浊的香烟味。can't stand/bear the thought of something She couldn't stand the thought of losing her children. 她不敢去想她可能会失去孩子。can't stand/bear to do something/can't stand/bear doing something I couldn't bear to listen to her screams. 我受不了听到她的尖叫。can't take/handle /ˌkɑːnt ˈteɪk, ˈhændlǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]especially spokento be unable to accept an unpleasant situation without becoming angry or upset, especially when someone's behaviour is not fair or reasonable 【尤口】不能忍受，忍受不了〔某人不公平或不合理的行为〕 Careful what you say - he can't take criticism. 说话小心一点—他这人受不了批评。 She just keeps crying and throwing tantrums - I can't handle much more of it. 她老是又哭又闹的—我再也受不了。can't take/handle something any more I just couldn't take it any more. I left the next day. 我实在忍无可忍，第二天就走了。can't stomach /ˌkɑːnt ˈstʌməkǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]to be unable to stand something because thinking about it makes you feel sick or angry 不能忍受〔某事物，因为一想到就会感到恶心或生气〕 He really can't stomach the sight of blood. 他真是一见到血就受不了。can't abide /ˌkɑːnt əˈbaɪdǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]formalto be completely unable to stand someone or something that is very annoying 【正式】绝对不能容忍〔令人非常恼火的人或事〕 If there's one thing I cannot abide, it's spoilt children. 如果有什么事情我没法容忍的话，那就是被宠坏的孩子。 Mary couldn't abide shopping on Saturdays because the stores were always so crowded. 玛丽忍受不了在星期六购物，因为商店里总是很拥挤。unbearable /ʌnˈbeərəbəl/ [adjective]something that isunbearable, such as a pain or a bad situation, is too bad for you to deal with or live with 难以忍受的，无法承受的 Without him, my life would be unbearable. 没有他，我的日子没法过。 The stench from the sink was almost unbearable. 洗涤槽的气味恶臭难当。 The strain eventually became unbearable, and Adam started seeing a psychiatrist. 最后压力大得没法承受，亚当就开始去看精神科医生了。intolerable /ɪnˈtɒlərəbəlǁ-ˈtɑː-/ [adjective]too difficult, unpleasant, or annoying to stand 无法忍受的，不能容忍的 Living conditions at the camp were intolerable. 营地的生活条件不堪忍受。 Passengers faced intolerable delays and disruption due to the bad weather conditions. 旅客经常会遇到由于天气条件恶劣造成的延误和混乱等令人难以忍受的情况。 All the media attention during the trial had put the family under intolerable strain. 审讯期间，这么多媒体的关注使这家人不堪压力。intolerably [adverb] I'm sorry, I behaved intolerably. 对不起，我刚才的行为实在不能接受。 an intolerably stupid question 一个愚不可及的问题unacceptable /ˌʌnəkˈseptəbəl/ [adjective]something that isunacceptable is wrong and cannot be accepted or allowed to continue 无法容忍的；无法接受的 Most women said they thought the ruling was unfair and unacceptable. 大多数女性认为这个裁决不公平，让人无法接受。 The plan was rejected because it involved an "unacceptable risk to public safety'. 这项计划遭到了否决，因为它“对公众的安全构成了不能接受的威胁”。 We regard the idea of being able to choose the sex of your baby as wholly unacceptable. 我们认为可以选择胎儿性别这个想法是全然不能接受的。unacceptably [adverb] The payroll tax is an unacceptably heavy burden on working Americans. 工资税是美国工薪阶层不堪忍受的重负。 His work is unacceptably sloppy. 他的工作马虎不堪。