standard-bearer

1964

somewhere cheap to live. M 21 tfeft fig ft fr) ife ft ft, # ft £F NH&Ic^o 0 It was a simple meal by Eddie’s standards. ft *£ it ft ft, 3ftJi — %fi!&o 0 The equipment is slow and heavy by modern standards.    3

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                 LEVEL OF BEHAVIOUR |j     3 standards [p|] a level

of behaviour that sb considers to be morally acceptable frftlsiHI; iliilftJti: a man of high moral standards if jUftiHiiSIftA 0 Standards aren’t what they used to be. M

,Tft W It $ # ftfn &— see also double

STANDARD

                 UNIT OF MEASUREMENT ft llll 4 [C] a unit of meas­

urement that is officially used; an official rule used when producing sth          flit*Ft; XXftii; SAM

; ft pr : a reduction in the weight standard of silver coins       0 industry standards

XiklpJf — see also gold standard

                 FLAG Btt ifeK 5 [C] a flag that is used during official

ceremonies, especially one connected with a particular military group          ( XIb )

                 SONG 6 [C] a song that has been recorded by many

different singers (          ) Mj

adj.

                 AVERAGE/NORMAL H i§ ; JEft,’ 1 average or normal rather than having special or unusual features If- il

ft; IE#ft; il # ft; fo M fid : A standard letter was sent to all candidates, tn fft W ft SR #    A 7 — if Ft

|?j 0 o Televisions are a standard feature in most hotel rooms. ffeMo the standard rate of tax (= paid by everyone)        0 It

is standard practice to search visitors as they enter the building.

6 o All vehicles come with a CD player as standard.

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                 SIZE/MEASUREMENT R ft ; 1: )t 2 [usually before noun]

following a particular standard set, for example, by an industry (          ® —: standard

sizes of clothes Jjg^ftjftFtfXftT

                 BOOK/WRITER # f|-. ; # # 3 [only before noun] read by most people who are studying a particular subject jftgic ftft

                  LANGUAGE ift g' 4 [usually before noun] (of spelling,

pronunciation, grammar, etc.          ^ # , iff }£ W)

believed to be correct and used by most people jft Ft ft; 2$ ft: Standard English ?£ ft — compare

NON-STANDARD, SUBSTANDARD

standard-bearer noun a leader in a political group or campaign jgtft;

.standard deduction noun [usually sing.] {US) a fixed amount of money that you can earn free of tax

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.standard deviation noun (mathematics ffc) the amount by which measurements in a set vary from the average for the set jftFt 1i&;

.standard ’error noun (statistics fft if) a method of measuring how accurate an estimate is ( HMfSif MM

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'Standard Grade noun (in Scotland) an exam in a particular subject at a lower level than Highers. Standard Grades are usually taken in a number of different subjects at the age of 16. jftFtIO1] ik#£il#ft 16^H0M )

stand ard ize (BrE also -ise) /'staendadaiz; NAmE-dord-j verb [VN] to make objects or activities of the same type have the same features or qualities; to make sth standard ^ Ft it; ft # £ fe Ft ( 3L ) : a standardized contract/design/test fo Ft ft o' [^ / iit if / % ► standard ization, isation /staendadaTzeiJn; NAmE -darda'z-/ noun [U]: the standardization of com­ponents SPfftft^Ft-ft

'standard lamp (BrE) (also 'floor lamp NAmE, BrE) noun a tall lamp that stands on the floor

.standard of ' living noun (pi. standards of 'living the amount of money and level of comfort that a particular person or group has left

'standard time/?ou/7 [U] the official time of a country or an area jftFttf

stand-by /'staendbai/ noun, adj.

mnoun (pi. stand-bys) a person or thing that can always be used if needed, for example if sb/sth else is not avail­able or if there is an emergency JglrAM;

I always keep a pizza in the freezer as a standby. ft # A M tf[ — ft tf F fftft Mo 0 a standby electricity generator f    IT^l on 'standby 1 ready to do

sth immediately if needed or asked

£ BP ft: The emergency services were put on standby after a bomb warning. flj # $? Jg. fa, & % ft fk Pp f T ifi- A I# jf ft o 2 ready to travel or go somewhere if a ticket or sth that is needed suddenly becomes available    ( Mii?f ftIlk

^ ^ ft Rl ft BP if h W ) : He was put on standby for the flight to New York. & $£ 7!S H. ^ FHJ U til, liklS Ih ftfVo

Bod/', [only before noun] a standby ticket for a flight, concert, etc. cannot be bought in advance and is only available a very short time before the plane leaves or the performance starts ( f/ljft     ) ft/nW

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'stand-down noun [U, C] a period when people, espe­cially soldiers, relax after a period of duty or danger

stand ee /staen'di:/ noun (NAmE, ScotE) a person who is standing, for example in a bus or at a concert MX ft;

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stand-in noun 1 a person who does sb’s job for a short time when they are not available fttf IR#ft 2 a person who replaces an actor in some scenes in a film/movie, especially dangerous ones (          ) #

stand-ing/'staendii)/ uc//., noun

•adj. [only before noun] 1 existing or arranged perman­ently, not formed or made for a particular situation ft$3ftftf$; zka standing army #& % o (BrE) a standing charge (= an amount of money that you pay in order to use a service, such as gas or water)        0 a standing committee

0 It’s a standing joke (= something that a group of people regularly laugh at). SPft—ftrS^ffio o We have a standing invitation to visit them anytime, fjjiffjiHii \U ^ ft fikfll ft c 2 done from a position in which

you are standing rather than sitting or running M ft Er&ft a standing jump/start       M X £ £& 0

The speaker got a standing ovation (= people stood up to clap after the speech). Mi#ftlK;f#7ft:ft#)®XI£#o

                 see also free-standing

«noun 1 [u] the position or reputation of sb/sth within a group of people or in an organization Mfc fi; gif £ij; ft ffr ; ft ft HT71 status : the high/low standing of politicians with the public

0 The contract has no legal standing. o' IrI ft 'fk W Jt 'Sft^ftft o 2 [U] the period of time that sth has existed  |a]: a friendship of many years’ standing

see also long-standing 3 standings [pi.] a list of people, teams, etc. showing their positions in a sports competition ( S ^ is Ift tfc i     ) tl-

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.standing 'order noun [C, u] an instruction that you give to your bank to pay sb a fixed amount of money from your account on the same day each week/month, etc. (

                 compare banker’s order, direct debit 'standing room noun [U] space for people to stand in,

especially in a theatre, sports ground, etc. ( X Jb H!J j MXfKjXfa]: standing room for 12 000 supporters oj jj± \2 000 XXtftW.i^ii' 0 It was standing room only at the concert (= all the seats were i sold).

'standing stone noun a tall vertical stone that was shaped and put up by prehistoric people in western Europe (     EEEImenhir

'stand-off noun ~ (between A and B) a situation in which no agreement can be reached ( /iff )

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