stand up tosb/sth
—phrasal verbwithstandverbuk/stænd/us/stænd/stood|stood
C1
todefendyourself against apowerfulpersonororganizationwhen theytreatyouunfairly
面对（强有力的人或组织）勇敢抵抗，奋起反抗…的不公平对待
He wasn'tafraidtostandup tobullies.他毫不惧怕，勇敢地对抗恶霸。
- Millyalonewasbraveenough tostandup to her.
- She's abullyand you've got tostandup to her.
- You've got tostandup topeoplelike that.
- If youstandup to him he'llprobablyback down.
- She's notafraidtostandup toseniormembersofstaffif shethinksthey'rewrongabout something.