standing up to

Instead of standing up to threats, they kneel to the powerful as if before a demigod.

他们不是为迎战威胁，而是像强权下跪，就像面对半神一样。

Chinese leaders may be able to score points at home for standing up to their Western counterparts.

中国领导人可以批评中国存在的分配不均以求在西方领导人面前能抬起头来。

If anything, it has been better than its rivals in standing up to prying governments in both America and China.

如果有什么值得说的，那就是谷歌比其对手更加勇于对抗美中两国窥探私密的政府。

Steel Talons has the most trouble standing up to a Scorpion Spammer for a few reasons.

钢爪是对付蝎海时麻烦最多的阵营，有以下几点原因。

I believe the best hope of standing up to falling tiles is through developing a sustaining philosophy and state of mind all through life.

我相信，人一生中若能信仰并保持一种哲学与思想状态，便拥有了能够承受起落瓦打击的最大希望。

Yet he has become something of a national hero, particularly for standing up to the West.

可内贾德却成了某种民族英雄，尤其是对抗西方世界。

Standing up to your obstacles imparts you with a sense of accomplishment and reinforces the sense of your inner power.

直面障碍赋予你一种成就感，并增强你的内力。

Standing up to the great pressure from the doctor and relatives, my mother insisted on teaching me reading and writing.

母亲顶住来自医生和亲戚的巨大压力，坚持教我读书写字。

This can be a weakness (not standing up to past responsibilities) and a strength (getting on with the future).

这可能是一个弱点（不愿承担过去的责任），也可能是一个优点（努力开创未来）。

Tried to ignore the fact that people were standing up to look at him.

假装没有注意人们都站起来盯着他看。

Then standing up to recite the poem, I found myself doing it off the top of my head!

然后，我站起来背那首诗。我发现自己不加思索地脱口而出。

This is a film that's had people queuing around the block to see it and standing up to applaud as the credits roll.

它让人们在街道上排队等待观影、在播放演职员表时起立鼓掌。

So far, Mr Prahlad appears to be standing up to scrutiny.

到目前为止，普拉拉德先生似乎经受住了审查。

By opposing GM crops, he argues, Utopia and its allies see themselves as standing up to corruption and special interests.

通过反对转基因农作物，他争论道：乌有之乡及其同盟者认为他们在反抗腐败和特权。

That means covering the communities where they live, exposing government or business corruption, and standing up to the rich and powerful.

即报道他们所生活的社区，揭露政府或企业的腐败，并无所畏惧地面对有钱有势的人。

National pride, they judge, can be restored only by standing up to the US and Europe.

他们断定，只有通过与美欧对抗，才能恢复民族自豪感。

But how is the new enthusiasm for entrepreneurship standing up to the worldwide economic downturn?

但是怎样的创业新激情才能够挡得全球经济下滑呢？

Standing up to relieve their backs thrust their heads into the vines, which are covered in pesticides.

如果站起来舒缓一下背部的话，他们的头就会戳到葡萄藤，那上面可都是农药。

Filmmaker Jeff Daniels last night thanked Mr Moore for standing up to the pressure being applied by Beijing.

该片电影制作人杰夫·丹尼尔昨晚感谢摩尔先生顶住来自北京的压力。

Human rights activists and press freedom watchdogs praised Google for standing up to censorship.

人权活动人士则对谷歌抵制网络审查制度表示赞赏。