1964
somewhere cheap to live. M 21 tfeft fig ft fr)
fti£&X1tXftS0
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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
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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
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FLAG Btt ifeK 5 [C]
a flag that is used during official
ceremonies, especially one
connected with a particular military group (
XIb )
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SONG 6 [C] a song that has been recorded by many
different singers ( ) Mj
■
adj.
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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.
cd mim0
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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
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BOOK/WRITER # f|-. ; # # 3 [only before noun]
read by most people who are studying a particular subject jftgic ftft
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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.] {
wm\ t
.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
i -m)um&m
'Standard Grade noun (in
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
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
_ MUFK!
'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;
_
MXftft; tmmtK
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
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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
— 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-
X>
Xlijc
.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. (
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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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