make a stand

常见例句

There is no law except the law of the gun but decent people are still prepared to make a stand.
在这个社会里，除了枪杆上的法律之外没有任何法律存在，但是正派人物们仍是时刻准备着对抗这一切。
So, thinking it was time to make a stand, Mr Hejazi announced in 2004 that he would be an independent candidate in the next year’s presidential election.
赫亚兹先生认为是该选择立场的时候了，于是他在2004年宣布他将以独立候选人的身份参加下一年的总统选举。
Although it is difficult to police and prevent individuals from following requests not to redistribute, it has become quite apparent that the WordPress community needs to make a stand.
Punsalan说：“虽然很难防止个人遵守不再次发布的要求，但是很明显，WordPress社区的用户们应该自觉抵制再配布的主题。”

And,if you say something to make me frightened or worried, my heart might stand still or skip a beat.
But if I join a fraternity and they pour cow poop on my head and make me stand in the rain for a month wearing pantyhose while they throw rocks at me I then think--after it I think "God, I went through a lot of stuff to get into this fraternity.
但如果我加入之前，他们要往我头上泼牛粪,要我穿着女内裤在雨中站一个月,他们还朝我扔石头,事后我就会想,”为了加入这个兄弟会我吃了不少苦头“
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And make sure that it was a little stand all right.
一定要确保圣诞树保持直立。
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The more powerfully you make a stand for something the more customers will get behind you.
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Maybe, just maybe, these big, round numbers represent the point at which the bears have finally decided to make a stand.
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