立場不動：長年支持的人
同一個「推不動」的畫面，只是從身體換到立場。
noun · C1
Someone who has supported an organization, party or set of ideas loyally for a long time and works hard for it.
中堅份子；老班底
核心畫面
One way to hold `stalwart`: something built to stay standing. Picture a thick gatepost sunk deep in the ground, or a wide-shouldered person planted in a doorway — you can push, and it does not move. English then carries that picture over from bodies to positions. A stalwart supporter is the one still standing where they stood after everybody else moved away, and a stalwart of the club is the person who has been holding the place up for years.
stalwart 可以想成一根立得很穩的柱子。你去推它，它不動。這個畫面一開始用在身體上：肩膀寬、身子結實、看起來很…更多收起
stalwart 可以想成一根立得很穩的柱子。你去推它，它不動。這個畫面一開始用在身體上：肩膀寬、身子結實、看起來很難推倒的人。後來它被搬到「立場」上。別人都走了，他還站在原地。所以 a stalwart supporter 是從頭挺到尾的人，a stalwart of the club 是多年來一直撐著這個地方的人。From the word’s history
The packet traces the word to Middle English stal-worth and Old English stǣlwierþe, glossed as able to stand in good stead, serviceable, probably from staþol (foundation) plus -wierþe (able to, capable of). So standing firm and can be relied on were in the word from the start.
字源資料把它追到中古英文 stal-worth 和古英文 stǣlwierþe，意思大約是「站得住、派得上用場」。前半可能來自 staþol（地基、立足之處），後半 -wierþe 是「能夠、值得」。所以「穩」和「靠得住」從一開始就在這個字裡面，今天的用法只是把同一個畫面從身體移到立場。
Wiktionary entry for stalwart (kaikki extract supplied in this packet: Borrowed from Scots stalwart ... from Middle English stal-worth, from Old English stǣlwierþe (able to stand in good stead, serviceable), probably from staþol (establishment; foundation) or stǣl (place; stead) + -wierþe (able t...
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adjective · C2
Looking strong and solidly built.
身形結實的