They have roots that stand in saltwater and look like cablesor ropes laid one on top of another.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

And what it involves is placing a value, usually a dollar value, to stand for utility on the costs and the benefits of various proposals.

其做法包括，作出估价，通常是估计出金额，来代表功利,即分别列出成本，和各项收益的金额。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

There's just a kind of a stand and you put the ball on the stand and then you just hit it.

只有一个台子，你只需把球放在台上，然后击打它。

会打棒球吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He would often stand on the deck of his ship, in the cold rain and fierce winds.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

and to whoever wants to come by and see the farm stand we have set up on the first Friday of every month.

以及那些过来参观我们农场的人，在每个月的第一个周五。

有机农庭院 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In recent years Senator Kennedy was a vocal critic of Bush administration policies in Iraq, its stand on interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists and its prosecution of the war on terror.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26