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单词 staunch
释义
staunch
adjective
uk
/stɔːntʃ/us
/stɑːntʃ/
alwaysloyalinsupportingaperson,organization, or set ofbeliefsoropinions:
忠实的；坚定的
a staunchfriendandally忠实的朋友和盟友
Hegainedareputationas being a staunchdefender/supporterofcivilrights.他坚决捍卫民权，因此赢得了声誉。
Synonyms
committed
dedicated
devoted
faithful(LOYAL)
firm(CERTAIN)
loyal
stalwart(LOYAL)
steadfastapproving
steady
true(SINCERE)
unfaltering
unshakeablemainlyUK
unswerving
unwavering
Opposite
disloyal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Loyal, faithful & dependable
  • a safe pair of handsidiom
  • allegiance
  • audaciously
  • beas good asyourwordidiom
  • be here forsomeoneidiom
  • be there forsomeoneidiom
  • committed
  • constant
  • faithfully
  • faithfulness
  • fealty
  • fidelity
  • fiduciary
  • here
  • reliable
  • reliably
  • self
  • stalwart
  • stalwartly
  • unto thine own self be trueidiom
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staunchness
staunch
verb[T]
uk
/stɔːntʃ/us
/stɑːntʃ/
(USalsostanch)
tostopsomethinghappening, or tostopliquid,especiallyblood, fromflowingout:
制止；止住（尤指出血）
The country'sasylumlawswereamendedto staunch theflow/floodofeconomicmigrants.该国的避难法进行了修订，以阻止经济移民的洪流。
Mikepressedhard on thewoundand staunched theflowofblood.迈克使劲儿压住伤口，止住了出血。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing something to end
  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • all good things (must) come to an endidiom
  • and have done with itidiom
  • be over the humpidiom
  • draw
  • jacksomethingin
  • killsomethingstone-deadidiom
  • knock
  • knock off (something)
  • lay
  • lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
  • lid
  • lift
  • raise
  • stanch
  • stem
  • stopper
  • stranglesomethingat birthidiom
  • subdue
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Movement of liquids
(Definition ofstaunchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

staunch| American Dictionary

staunch
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/stɔntʃ,stɑntʃ/

staunchadjective[-er/-est only](LOYAL)

stronglyloyalto aperson,organization, or set ofbeliefsoropinions:
a staunchdefenderoffreespeech

staunchly

adverbus
/ˈstɔntʃ·li,ˈstɑntʃ-/
She staunchlysupportsthe party’scandidates.
staunch
verb[T]
us
/stɔntʃ,stɑntʃ/
(alsostanch)

staunchverb[T](STOP)

tostopliquid,esp.blood, fromflowingout:
Mikepressedhard on thewoundand staunched theflowofblood.
To staunch is also tokeepsomething fromcontinuing:
Thecompanyabandonedtheplanto staunch thedepartureof moremanagers.
(Definition ofstaunchfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

staunch| Business English

staunch
adjective
uk
/stɔːnʃ/us
alwaysloyalinsupportingaperson,organization, or set ofbeliefs:
She hasremaineda staunchfriendandally.
staunch supporter/defenderHe is a staunchsupporteroffreetrade.
(Definition ofstaunchfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstaunch

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Nevertheless, even the staunchest advocates of non-legal solutions to truancy seem to accept that legal procedures must continue to be available.
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Blood was collected in a 1.6 ml microcentrifuge tube and the flow then staunched.
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Furthermore, by bringing the industry under greater government control, the widespread illegal cutting of trees for charcoal and evasion of fees could hopefully be staunched.
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The staunchest critics of the database project have argued that this is a violation of research ethics and insist on obtaining informed consent.
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People's staunchest beliefs about right and wrong are free-floating in the sense defined above.
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Even some of the staunchest advocates of disarmament supported the development of air power, and there was to be no international agreement on this newest type of military force.
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Rejecting an evolutionary perspective, though, is perfectly compatible with being astaunchproponent of innateness and internal representation models of cognition.
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Thestaunchantiinterventionist line adopted by important sections of industry and the clergy undermined the potential for consensus over reform.
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He was astaunchdefender of church autonomy and a fierce opponent of secularization of church lands and state control over church education.
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Astaunchrepresentative of the 'unreconstructed right wing', his death seemed a symbolic portent for the decision that was to follow.
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Astaunchdefender of divine design might initially be willing to tolerate these two conditions.
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The doctrine of middle knowledge, on the other hand, requires astaunchrealism about the hypothetical.
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Nevertheless, these examples ofstaunchmoral values amongst a wide range of people were questionably isolated occurrences, rather than a general trend.
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Staunchlibertarians might dig their heels in here and endorse the extreme version of the basic moral difference thesis.
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As 'swing continuants ', they are expected to come and go more freely than stauncher 'base ' continuants and non-continuants.
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