【简析】 stand for ..."是......的缩写；代表......；支持......，主张......"（如 1）；stand by ..."站在......的一边；支持；袖手旁观"(如2、3)；stand in后常接for...，表示"代表......，代替......"（如4）；stand out"突出，显眼，引人注目"（如5）。

基础知识练习

一、根据括号中所给的单词或短语提示翻译下列句子。

1. 许多勇敢的人为了拯救洪灾中的村民而献出了生命。（give one's life to）

2. 这部电影值得再看一次。（worth）

3. 既然你努力了，就不必为考试结果担心。（be concerned about）

4. 众所周知，大熊猫是以竹子为主食的。（feed on）

5. 目前，我们必需把注意力集中到对藏羚羊的保护上。（focus ... on）

二、用适当的关联词完成下列句子。

1. Nobody believed his reason __________ he had to meet his uncle at the airport.

2. I saw a woman running towards me in the dark. Before I could recognize who she was, she had run back in the direction __________ she had come.

3. In an hour, we can travel to places __________ would have taken our ancestors days to reach.

4. The Beatles, __________ many of you can remember, came from Liverpool.

5. Is this the garden __________ little Washington chopped（砍） a cherry tree?

6. The reason __________ he was late again is that he was caught in the traffic jam.

7. This is the boy __________ father just now spoke on the stage.

8. I often think of the days __________ I stayed with my colleagues __________ all gave me much help.

9. The teacher by __________ I have been taught painting turned out to be a judge.

10. The WWF began to work with the Chinese government __________ Dr. George Shaller arrived in China on Panda Project.

三、用方框中所给词或词组的适当形式填空。

stand for, have an effect on, thanks to, in danger, work with, on

the increase, increase to, struggle

1. The number of the wild animals in this nature reserve is now __________.

2. The letters WHO __________ the World Health Organization.