stand-by
搁置,旁观者,旁观者清,搁置的
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plural stand·bys.
- : a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- : something upon which one can rely and therefore choose or use regularly.
- : something or someone held ready to serve as a substitute, especially a radio or television program used as a filler in case of cancellation of a regularly scheduled program.
- : a traveler who is waiting for last-minute accommodations to become available on a plane, train, or other transport as a result of a cancellation.
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- : kept readily available for use in an emergency, shortage, or the like: a standby player.
- : of or relating to last-minute accommodations, the transport that offers them, or a traveler who is waiting for them: a standby flight.
- : of or relating to a waiting period.
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Examples
To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles.
And with stand-ups, I remember liking George Carlin and Steve Martin.
Those opposing same-sex marriage are on their heels, and increasingly unwilling or unable to make a stand against it.
Spencer, 27, is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.
Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”
All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
But the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.