upstanding

英 [ˌʌpˈstændɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌpˈstændɪŋ]

adj.  正直的; 正派的; 诚实的

BNC.33975 / COCA.23570

习惯用语

adj.

be upstanding
• （用于正式场合）请起立
  used in a formal situation to tell people to stand up
• Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding and join me in a toast to the bride and groom.
  各位来宾，请大家起立，我们一起为新娘新郎干一杯。

牛津词典

adj.

• 正直的；正派的；诚实的
  behaving in a moral and honest way
  1. an upstanding member of the community
     群体中正直的一分子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 品行端正的；正直的
  Upstandingpeople behave in a morally acceptable way.
  1. ...a fine, upstanding and decent Irish citizen...
     一位杰出而又品行端正、作风正派的爱尔兰公民
  2. You look like a nice upstanding young man.
     你看起来像是一个正直的好青年。

英英释义

adj

• meriting respect or esteem
  1. an upstanding member of the community
  Synonym:solid

双语例句

• The amorphous alloys have upstanding magnetism characteristic, and can be used to make the strain gauge.
  非晶态合金材料具有良好的磁特性，可以用于应力测量。
• It must be shown, however, that all upstanding Germans become nationalist socialists.
  而且它必须表明，所有的德国人都会成为国家社会主义者。
• We sincerely welcome customers at home and abroad to establish upstanding business relations with us.
  竭诚欢迎国内外客户与我司洽谈合作！
• Either way, my research has important implications for all investors and fine upstanding citizens.
  无论如何，我的研究对于所有投资者和诚实正直的市民都具有重要意义。
• How could it be that two upstanding gentlemen.
  你们两个如此出色的先生。
• I pictured their lives, troubled by no untoward adventure, honest, decent, and, by reason of those two upstanding, pleasant children, so obviously destined to carry on the normal traditions of their race and station, not without significance.
  我想象着这一对夫妻的生活，不受任何灾殃祸变的干扰，诚实、体面，两个孩子更是规矩可爱，肯定会继承和发扬这一家人的地位和传统。
• While Hollywood still likes a good crazed villain making life miserable for an upstanding protagonist, a fictional yuppie hero nowadays is more likely to be plagued by a layoff or the crash of his mutual fund.
  虽然好莱坞现在仍然喜欢让肆意张狂的恶棍为了某个正直的主人公而落得悲惨下场，但一位虚构的雅皮士英雄如今更有可能因为下岗或共同基金的一笔现金而痛苦不堪。
• In order to achieve upstanding effect of camouflage by using pattern painting, the first important problem that needs to be solved is defining the color of camouflage.
  迷彩涂层要达到良好的伪装效果，首要解决的问题是对迷彩颜色的确定。
• They are fine, upstanding citizens.
  他们是善良诚实的公民。
• E.g.: Never try to bribe him. He is most upstanding judge I've ever seen.
  别想要贿赂他，他是我见过的最正直的法官。