Tra từ stance - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

stance/stɑːns $ stæns/ noun [COUNTABLE USUALLY SINGULAR]
[date : 1500-1600; Language : Old French; Origin : estance, from Vulgar Latin stantia, from Latin stare 'to stand']
1. an opinion that is stated publicly SYN stand
stance on
　 ▪ What is your stance on environmental issues?
stance against
　 ▪ a strong stance against abortion
take/adopt a stance
　 ▪ The President has adopted a tough stance on terrorism.

2. a position in which you stand, especially when playing a sport:
　 ▪ a fighting stance

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an upright posture/stance (=a straight body position)
▪ He appears big because of his powerful shoulders and upright posture.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
aggressive
▪ His eyes had immediately darkened, and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance.
▪ It's longer and wider than its predecessor, but it sits lower for a more hunched, aggressive stance.
▪ The victims of their aggressive stance are their children.
▪ The publican's aggressive stance towards the headmistress touched on deeper currents which were becoming condensed in the affair.
basic
▪ It is therefore extremely important that the basic stances be thoroughly understood and properly practised.
▪ New students are taught foot patterns from the basic horse stance.
▪ Once a certain level of proficiency has been reached, the karate student starts to learn stances beyond the basic stance.
▪ The basic stance is derived from a person walking and places emphasis upon naturalness.
conservative
▪ The conservative stance then crumbles from within.
▪ But this does not mean that it takes the conservative stance of necessarily accepting existing definitions of crime.
▪ With its emphasis on order and stability, consensus and integration, functionalism appears to adopt a conservative stance.
critical
▪ There is a kind of miracle about the birth of any tiny baby which makes us suspend our critical stance.
▪ Implicit in this admission, however, is the possibility of a more critical stance, and this was not long forthcoming.
different
▪ In the rest of the Community many different policy stances are evident.
▪ But other community groups are taking a markedly different stance.
▪ Barton only lasted one day in the new spot, with its slightly different stance, before the knee began bothering him.
fighting
▪ The attacker moves forward in a left fighting stance with a front kick off the right leg to the groin area.
▪ It is usually performed from a fighting stance and is most useful against attacks from more than one opponent.
▪ Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
▪ She assumed a fighting stance, but couldn't remain balanced.
▪ From a forward fighting stance, the student swings his rear leg forward and upward until the knee comes to shoulder height.
▪ Both fighters have to be in left fighting stances, at the correct range, for it to be applied correctly.
▪ Your opponent takes up a left fighting stance, that is with the left leg leading.
▪ Begin from a fighting stance by thrusting forwards with the back foot and sliding a short distance with the front.
firm
▪ Republican presidential hopefuls have all claimed that they would take a firmer stance towards Moscow.
high
▪ He would find somewhere high to take stance and think.
▪ An awkward bulge must be overcome to reach an easier corner, and a little higher a tiny stance.
▪ Through constant research Tani developed faster kicks and higher stances.
▪ The higher stances afforded practitioners greater mobility and speedier delivery of techniques.
▪ As he peers down the gun barrel with his high, unorthodox stance, he visualises former glories.
left
▪ The attacker moves forward in a left fighting stance with a front kick off the right leg to the groin area.
▪ Both fighters have to be in left fighting stances, at the correct range, for it to be applied correctly.
▪ Your opponent takes up a left fighting stance, that is with the left leg leading.
moral
▪ It would appear that in this moral stance they were backed by public opinion.
▪ Because it took a moral stance?
▪ This is not in any way to imply any moral or ethical stance on our part.
neutral
▪ Mostly the understeer is mild but, in the dry at least, it seldom gives way to a genuinely neutral stance.
▪ Many therapists took a neutral stance on the issue rather than trying to save marriages.
▪ A neutral stance in relation to moral and spiritual development of pupils is not acceptable to the Catholic community especially in the Catholic school.
political
▪ The word political is somewhat unsuitable in the circumstances, since my own political stance has always been a pragmatic one.
▪ Clinton was forced to withdraw several nominees due to embarrassing revelations over their political stances or child-care issues.
▪ By this time, of course, Mwafrika and its successors had long since lost their former political stance.
▪ The political stance of the working class will rely heavily on the nature, size and development of the labour movement.
▪ Nizan's political stance at this juncture was a curious mixture of uncompromising denunciation and sweet-talking collaboration.
▪ In this sense an academic discipline has been built up with an explicitly political stance.
positive
▪ The religions which are burgeoning around the world are the ones taking positive, proactive stances.
▪ This interpretation would yield a coherent, uniformly positive stance of Paul regarding women in the church.
▪ Ultimately taking a positive stance, it also shows concern for abuse and misuse.
▪ Clearly, this kind of legislation reflects a more positive stance towards older workers and their role in the labour market.
public
▪ Others suspected the truth: that Hitler's public stance did not represent his real feelings on the issue.
▪ Irvin, consistent with his usual public stance, was unrepentant.
▪ The pope, politicians and intellectuals have taken a public stance on the issue.
strong
▪ However, nearly all funboard technique problems can be traced back to deficiencies in the strong wind stance.
▪ Patrick Buchanan has criticized Dole for not taking a stronger stance against abortion.
▪ The Mutawas offered the father moral support in his strong stance and showered him with accolades for his religious conviction.
▪ Having come to power that year, she was advocating a strong stance in the face of the Soviet arms build-up.
tough
▪ It also had a tougher, pro-Trident stance on defence.
▪ The message arrived at a particularly delicate time, with the Fox administration striving for a tough new stance against criminal organizations.
▪ Their tough stance followed talks at Camp David in which Mr Bush agreed to delay action until the new year.
▪ That piercing gaze threatened immediate reprisal, the tough, unyielding stance of his hard body blocked her path and intimidated her.
upright
▪ Chained in an upright stance for weeks on end, iron collars about their necks, with no hope of reprieve.
▪ The upper edge of the shoulder pocket overhung the lower edge, more appropriate for an upright stance.
▪ Wings rather short and narrow, legs set well back, giving upright stance at rest.
▪ It dropped fast, keeping its upright stance at first, than turning as if emptying itself, and the men fell out.
NOUN
policy
▪ In the rest of the Community many different policy stances are evident.
VERB
adopt
▪ He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.
▪ A federal trial judge in New York adopted that stance in this case.
▪ Clinton consistently supported women's right to abortion at a time when Bush adopted an anti-abortion stance.
▪ Both poets adopt a stance of resignation in struggles with their employers.
▪ But Schro der's leftwing government adopted a less rigid stance on foreign currency.
▪ Until quite recently the socio-cultural anthropologists have adopted a very similar stance.
▪ The secret of playing these shots is to adopt the stance you are comfortable with.
▪ Now place yourself inside the regulationist framework, that is, adopt the stance of a regulationist in relation to the other two theories.
change
▪ Graveney thinks that this figure could be easily be nearer 80 if he were to change his stance.
▪ I have therefore decided that we should not change our stance on this matter.
maintain
▪ He no longer maintained the stance he had advanced to me on the telephone.
soften
▪ Eventually, he softens his stance, even giving his students $ 5 each time they answer a question correctly.
▪ He called on the senator to soften her get-tough stance on immigrants living in the United States.
take
▪ In recent months, a number of federal judges have taken such a stance.
▪ Many therapists took a neutral stance on the issue rather than trying to save marriages.
▪ They reached the tree where the eagle had taken stance and looked up.
▪ Because it took a moral stance?
▪ He took another such stance a year later when he preached in the Roman CatholicWestminster cathedral.
▪ His eyes had immediately darkened, and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance.
▪ In 1792 he was taking an anti-monarchist stance, whilst in 1793 he was not.
▪ Ultimately taking a positive stance, it also shows concern for abuse and misuse.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His tough stance on crime appeals to voters.
▪ The club's golf pro gave me some pointers on my stance and swing.
▪ The council has taken a pro-growth, pro-business stance on development issues.
▪ The official stance is that the lottery money should be used for the arts and education.
▪ The political stance of the paper means it is unlikely to report the affair in a balanced way.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As a result, market intelligence is limited, and has led to contradictory stances being adopted by different companies.
▪ But other community groups are taking a markedly different stance.
▪ Deng closely aligned himself with this stance.
▪ His head kept dipping and his wings half opening as he tried to retain his balance on his awkward stance.
▪ His stupid stance fills me with wild hope.
▪ The Dodson aunts take pride in his stance in this hour of crisis.
▪ The stability of a stance depends upon the distribution of the body weight.
▪ Why not love everyone instead of interacting from the opposite stance?