stand for

phrasal verb

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stand for something [no passive]

(not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to be an abbreviation or symbol of something（指缩写或符号）是…意思，代表
- ‘The book's by T.C. Smith.’ ‘What does the ‘T.C.’ stand for?’“这部书是 T.C. 史密斯写的。” “ T.C. 是什么的缩写？”
to support or represent something支持；主张
- I hated the organization and all it stood for (= the ideas that it supported).我厌恶那个组织，也厌恶它的一切主张。
not stand for something to not let somebody do something or something happen容忍；忍受
- I'm not standing for it any longer.这种事我再也不能容忍了。