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

• Upstanding members of the city council.
  市议会的正派而诚实的议员们。
• 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。
• How could it be that two upstanding gentlemen.
  你们两个如此出色的先生。
• You're a fine, upstanding citizen, Sam.
  sam，你真是个“又好又出色的”市民。
• By being an upstanding individual, my playwriting teacher in middle school acted as an inspiring male role model at a time when I needed one most.
  作为一个诚实正直的人，我初中的剧本写作老师在我最需要的时候扮演了一个鼓舞人的男性角色。
• 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。
• He is a decent upstanding young man.
  他是一个正派诚实的年轻人。
• 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。
• She is regarded as an upstanding citizen in the local community.
  在当地社区她被视作一位为人表率的市民。
• A fine upstanding youth such as yourself.
  一个诚实正直的年轻人，就象你。