behaving in a moral and honest way synonym upright正直的;正派的;诚实的 an upstanding member of the community 群体中正直的一分子
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUpstanding is used with these nouns:- citizen
Idioms
be upstanding
- (British English, formal)
used in a formal situation to tell people to stand up (用于正式场合)请起立 Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for the bride and groom. 女士们先生们,请为新娘和新郎起立。