stand for
phrasal verbstand for something [no passive]
- (not used in the progressive tenses
) to be an abbreviation or symbol of something不用于进行时 (指缩写或符号)是…意思,代表 - ‘The book's by T.C. Smith.’ ‘What does the ‘T.C.’ stand for?’
“这部书是 T.C. 史密斯写的。” “ T.C. 是什么的缩写?”
- ‘The book's by T.C. Smith.’ ‘What does the ‘T.C.’ stand for?’
- to support or represent something
支持;主张 - I hated the organization and all it stood for (= the ideas that it supported).
我厌恶那个组织,也厌恶它的一切主张。
- I hated the organization and all it stood for (= the ideas that it supported).
- not stand for something to not let somebody do something or something happen
容忍;忍受 - I'm not standing for it any longer.
这种事我再也不能容忍了。
- I'm not standing for it any longer.