2024. 5. 10. 21:27ㆍ공부/구슬쌤의 자신감 영어
초중급이라면 꼭 알아야 할 stand의 활용법 3개(I can't stand~, My offer still stands, Time stands still)
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1: I can't stand ~. ~를 못 참겠어 / (견디기 힘들정도로) 정말 싫어.
2: My offer still stands. 아직 내 제안은 유효해.
- I'd love to join you for a drink if the invitation still stands.
3: Time stands still. 시간이 멈춰버린 것 같아.
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#1: stand (특히 부정문에 쓰여서 싫어함을 강조) 참다, 견디다
*Collins 사전: If you cannot stand something, you cannot bear it or tolerate it.
*Collins 사전: If you cannot stand someone or something, you dislike them very strongly.
come on, hurry.
I can't stand the smell.
<고수의 향을 못 참을 정도로 안 좋아함>
I can't stand cilantro.
A: Why did you leave in the middle of the meeting?
B: I just couldn't stand his condescending tone.
*캠브릿지 사전 condescending: treating someone as if you are more important or more intelligent than them (거들먹거리는, 잘난체하는)
I didn't mean to be condescending.
She can't stand Tennessee.
I can't stand her.
I can't stand this new system. I can't find anything.
#2: stand (이미 했던 제안, 결정 등이 아직도) 유효하다/변함없다.
*Collins 사전: If a decision, law, or offer stands, it still exist and has not been changed or cancelled.
My offer still stands.
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on the table (상정이되어 있는 것처럼) 논의, 고려대상인 - https://youtu.be/_1px4SyvsrY?t=167
*캠브릿지 사전: being discussed or considered
That offer is still on the table.
Is that offer still on the table? 그 제안 아직도 유효해?
Everything is on the table at this point. 모든 가능성을 다 열어두고 있다.
off the table 논외/고려 대상이 아냐 - https://youtu.be/_1px4SyvsrY?t=121
*macmillan 사전: If a proposal or offer is off the table, it is no longer officially available or is not being considered.
Let's take that off the table for now.
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I'd love to join you for a drink if the invitation still stands.
My former comment still stands.
Well, my former comment still stands.
Now, that position still stands.
A: Well, my former comment still stands.
B: Then let's just agree to disagree.
~still stands: ~는 아직 유효해/여전히 변함 없어.
#3: Time stands still 시간이 멈춰버린 것 같아.
*캠브릿지 사전: When time stands still, everything around you seems to stop.
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still 가만히 있는, 정지한
*캠브릿지 사전: staying in the same position: not moving.
Now, stay still. 움직이지 마세요.
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A: You've been working for eight hours straight.
B: I know, I feel like time stands still when I'm really focused on work.
I'm a little fuzzy.
I've been working 72 hours straight.
I'm working on a design, time stands still.
A: How was the seminar?
B: It was so boring that I felt as if time stood still.
It's just that moment where time stands still.