| 词汇 | standby |
| 释义 | standbystand·by1, stand-by /ˈstændbaɪ/ noun (plural standbys) 1 on standby a) READYready to help immediately if you are needed 待命 A special team of police were kept on standby. 一支特警队随时待命。 b) if you are on standby to do something, for example to travel by plane, you are on a list of people who may be allowed to do it if places become available 候补待位，等退票 → stand by We can put you on standby. 我们可以让你候补待位。 Examples from the Corpus on standby• City firefighters have been on standby for the past three days.• Other airlines said they would accept the passengers on standby. 2 [countableC]READY something that is kept ready so that it can be used when needed 备用物 Powdered milk is a good standby in an emergency. 奶粉是很好的紧急备用食品。 Examples from the Corpus standby• a cheap standby ticket• My itinerary was unambitious compared with those of some of my fellow standbys.• Here's how to create delicious last-minute meals entirely from standbys in the store cupboard.• Duck... l'orange is an old standby on traditional French menus.• Heavy selling out of the Middle East was an old standby.• Police have now appealed to Hanger to give himself up peacefully but armed police are on standby.• To receive a call you must put it on standby.• The station was built to provide standby power in emergencies.• Oatmeal was Mom's standby for breakfast.• Pates and terrines, a useful standby, provide an adequate meal when accompanied by good bread and a salad. standby2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] a standby ticket is one that you can get only if places become available, for example if other people cannot use their tickets 〔票〕候补的 Examples from the Corpus standby• A hotel's conventional boiler for heat production alone usually achieves 70% and standby electricity generators, 50%.• The council said the standby proposals were part of a package of budget cuts.• Non-landing standby trips are offered at £1 per person on some afternoon Sea-Cat routes. From Longman Business Dictionary standbystand·by1 /ˈstændbaɪ/ (also stand-by) nounTRAVEL 1[countableC] someone or something that is ready to be used when needed The government has asked potential donor countries for 75,000 tonnes of grain as a standby. 2[uncountableU] when you are ready to travel on a plane, but can only do so if there are seats left when it is ready to leave The flight is full, but we can put you on standby. standbystandby2 (also stand-by) adjectiveadj [only before a noun] 1TRAVELa standby ticket is a cheap ticket for a plane journey that you buy just before the plane leaves —standby adverbadv Most of the carriers would allow people to fly standby. 2ECONOMICS a standby arrangement or agreement allows a member state of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND to receive money if it has serious financial problems About $45 million was available in instalments under a standby arrangement. The International Monetary Fund has approved a new £596 million standby loan for Pakistan. |
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