upstanding
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++up·stand·ing /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/ adjective formal 1 HONESThonest and responsible 诚实的，正直的 upstanding young men and women 正直的青年男女2. standing upright or pointing upwards 直立的；向上的3. be upstanding British English spoken formal used in a formal situation such as a law court to tell people to stand up as a sign of respect for an important person 起立〔用于法庭等正式场合，要求人们站起来以示对某重要人物的尊重〕Examples from the Corpus
upstanding• an upstanding citizen• A strong breeze caught the upstanding feathered plumes of her hat and blew it off.• At the kitchen door, the cat, neck-fur upstanding like the spines of a hedgehog, wailed to be let out.• So Gilly was an elder of the church, an upstanding member of the community.• She was a fine upstanding middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.up·stand·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus and responsible honest
upstanding
up‧stand‧ing /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/
adjective formal
upstanding young men and women
2. standing upright or pointing upwards
3. be upstanding British English spoken formal used in a formal situation such as a law court to tell people to stand up as a sign of respect for an important person
up‧stand‧ing /ʌpˈstændɪŋ/
adjective formal Word Family: adjective: standing, outstanding, upstanding; noun: stand, standing; verb: stand; adverb: outstandingly
1. honest and responsible: 2. standing upright or pointing upwards
3. be upstanding British English spoken formal used in a formal situation such as a law court to tell people to stand up as a sign of respect for an important person
