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upstanding

/uhp-stan-ding/US // ʌpˈstæn dɪŋ //UK // (ʌpˈstændɪŋ) //

正直的,正直的人,正直,正直诚实

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : upright; honorable; straightforward.
    • : of a fine, vigorous type.
    • : erect; erect and tall.

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Examples

  • If not for upstanding teachers who’ve come forward and wanted to tell the truth, the survivors wouldn’t get justice because San Diego Unified isn’t forthcoming.

  • Twitter seems to be the most upstanding in terms of privacy of its customers.

  • Most corrections officers are upstanding and do not directly abuse inmates.

  • All in all, Bates strikes me as a good upstanding Englishman—the epitome of stiff-upper-lip resolve and restraint.

  • “I bet every one of those words was a stab directly in the heart,” says the upstanding official who asks not to be named.

  • Wildstein looks exactly like how an upstanding and non-political Port Authority official later described him.

  • He's been dead now this many years—a fine upstanding man he was, and ready with his hands as well as his head.

  • The inner circle of Stonehenge consisted of five upstanding trilithons of which the stones came—by popular repute—from Ireland.

  • Shortly he was Corporal Ginsburg—a trim upstanding corporal.

  • Each gentleman looked in his neighbour's face, and then transferred his glance to the upstanding coachman.

  • The pauldrons are larger and the upstanding neck-guards more pronounced.

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