亚洲网紅露点

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stance

[ stans ]

noun

  1. the position or bearing of the body while standing: standing:

    legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.

  2. a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something:

    They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy.

  3. Sports. the relative position of the feet, as in addressing a golf ball or in making a stroke.


stance

/ st忙ns; st蓱藧ns /

noun

  1. the manner and position in which a person or animal stands
  2. sport the posture assumed when about to play the ball, as in golf, cricket, etc
  3. general emotional or intellectual attitude

    a leftist stance

  4. a place where buses or taxis wait
  5. mountaineering a place at the top of a pitch where a climber can stand and belay
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of stance1

First recorded in 1525鈥35; from Old French estance, 鈥(standing) position,鈥 from Vulgar Latin stantia (unrecorded), derivative of Latin stant-, stem of 蝉迟腻苍蝉 鈥渟tanding,鈥 present participle of 蝉迟腻谤别 鈥渢o stand鈥; stand
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of stance1

C16: via French from Italian stanza place for standing, from Latin 蝉迟腻苍蝉 , from 蝉迟腻谤别 to stand
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That included announcing, and then walking back, public service job cuts and plans to end work-from-home arrangements, as well as a fluctuating stance on electric vehicle taxes.

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Reflecting the party's anti-EU stance, Reform did much better in wards that voted heavily for Leave in the 2016 EU referendum than it did in wards that backed Remain.

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Mr Dennis thinks Reform made its gains on its stance on immigration.

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All road building projects were scrapped under Mark Drakeford's administration, but that stance has been slightly softened under the current Welsh government, although it has said it would not build a relief road around Newport.

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Trump's stance is a reversal from his first term, where he warned that "Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity."

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