词汇 | standard-bearer |
释义 | standard-bearerWord family nounstandardizationstandardizerstandard-bearerStandardbredStandard gradestandard lampstandard of livingstandardverbstandardize Armyˈstandard-ˌbearer noun [countableC] formal 1. SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANan important leader in a moral argument or political group 领导者;倡导者;领袖;旗手 2. PMAa soldier in past times who carried the standard (=flag) at the front of an army 〔旧时军队的〕旗手 Examples from the Corpus standard-bearer• The Soil Association, a standard-bearer for the organic movement, was disappointed by the agency paper.• Clinton is not Hubert Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic standard-bearer who believed the government could solve almost any problem.• The 73-year-old Republican standard-bearer took time out of his busy campaign schedule last week to search for those roots.• Sir Keith Joseph, the right's standard-bearer, blew it with an injudicious speech about the underclass.• The flag of each regiment was proudly carried in front by its sturdy standard-bearer.• In the march toward Manifest Destiny, Frederic Church was now one of the standard-bearers. |
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