Stance



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.站姿; 立场
• ［英］ n. 站姿 ( posture) ; 立场 ( intellectual or emotional attitude)
• ［记］ stan ( 站) ＋ce
• ［例］ take a tough stance on human rights ( 在人权问题上采取强硬态度)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English stance, staunce, from Middle French estance position, posture, stay, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand
• Date: 14th century
• 1. chiefly Scottish
  • a. station
  • b. site
• 2.
  • a. a way of standing or being placed ; posture
  • b. intellectual or emotional attitude <took an antiwar stance>
• 3.
  • a. the position of the feet of a golfer or batter preparatory to making a swing
  • b. the position of both body and feet from which an athlete starts or operates

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