1530s, "standing place, station," probably from Middle French stance "resting place, harbor" (16c.), from Vulgar Latin *stantia "place, abode" (also source of Italian stanza "stopping place, station, stanza," Spanish stancia "a dwelling"), from Latin stans (genitive stantis), present participle of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "position of the feet" (in golf, etc.) is first recorded 1897; figurative sense of "point of view" is recorded from 1956. The sense of the French word has since narrowed.
雙語例句
1. He told wavering colleagues the country must back the Government's stance.
他告訴那些猶豫不決的同僚們，國家必須支持政府的立場。
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2. Take a comfortably wide stance and flex your knees a little.
雙腿適度分開站立，雙膝稍稍彎曲。
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3. I play normal bunker shots with an open stance.
我打一般的沙坑球采取開立擊球姿勢。
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4. They put pressure on the Government to change its intransigent stance.
他們向政府施壓以迫使其改變不妥協的立場。
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5. His stance towards the story is quite similar to ours.