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/wɪθˈstænd/ · /wɪðˈstænd/
To withstand something means you don't break, fall, or give up when something difficult pushes against you. We use it for buildings ('withstand an earthquake'), materials ('withstand heat'), and people ('withstand pressure'). It means more than just 'survive' — it means you stayed strong the whole time it was happening.
承受住、抵擋得住(強調撐過困難而沒有垮掉)
過去式 withstood過去分詞 withstood-ing withstanding三單 withstands
組成with (old sense: against) + stand. Literally 'to stand against' something.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
withstandverb/wɪðˈstænd/
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To resist or endure (something) successfully.
- Tests showed that a tin ceiling could withstand a temperature of 1,369° for an hour and 10 minutes, whereas plaster collapsed in 12 minutes.
- Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
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To oppose (something) forcefully.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。