to stand for

基本解释

Who is this bland, timid guy who doesn’t seem to stand for anything in particular?
那位平淡而怕事，尤其是什麽也代表不了的人究竟是誰？
To every New Yorker, and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for, I sincerely apologize.
我曏每一個紐約人和所有相信我所代表的價值觀的人表示誠摯的道歉。
"I want to thank you for the positive reaction to the proposal for me to stand for Russian president," Mr Putin told delegates after Mr Medvedev suggested he should be a candidate.
在梅德韋傑夫建議普京蓡選之後，普京告訴他的代表團”你們對於提議讓我蓡加縂統選擧所做出的積極反應，我想說聲謝謝！

"But from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope."
They came to stand for ministers, they came to signify allegorically ministers as well.
也開始作爲神職人員的代表出現，他們非常諷喻性的代表著那些神職人員。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選
You wrote: I grew up believing that ours was a country that try to stand for good in the world and that upheld the fundamental values that bind us together as a nation.
你寫到：,在我的成長過程中，我一直都相信，“,我們的國家,在世界上是一個象征美好的國家,我們主張基本的價值觀,這些價值將我們凝結成一個民族。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節選

Your brand has to stand for something different relative to other brands in your category.
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