standbys

英 [ˈstændbaɪz]

美 [ˈstændˌbaɪz]

n.  后备人员; 备用物品
standby的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 常备物;后备人选
  Astandbyis something or someone that is always ready to be used if they are needed.
  1. Canned varieties of beans and pulses are a good standby...
     各种豆类罐头制品是很好的常备食品。
  2. He sat through the trial as a standby juror.
     他作为候补陪审员参加了审判的全过程。
• PHRASE 常备的;备用的
  If someone or something ison standby, they are ready to be used if they are needed.
  1. Five ambulances are on standby at the port...
     5 辆救护车在港口待命。
  2. Security forces have been put on standby in case of violence.
     安全部队已处于待命状态，以防出现暴力事件。
• ADJ (戏票或机票)最后时刻廉价出售的，剩余的
  Astandbyticket for something such as the theatre or a plane journey is a cheap ticket that you buy just before the performance starts or the plane takes off, if there are still some seats left.
  1. Access International books standby flights from New York to Europe.
     全球通达公司可以预订从纽约到欧洲的剩余机票。
  2. Standbyis also an adverb.
     
  3. Magda was going to fly standby.
     马格达将购买起飞前的廉价剩余机票旅行。

双语例句

• In addition to old standbys like Spanish, German and French, more and more students are opting for Eastern European and Asian languages.
  除了西班牙文、德文与法文等常选的第二语言外，愈来愈多的学生选修东欧和亚洲语言。
• The good news is that there is quite a broad array, from old standbys like diuretics to the latest designer drugs like ACE inhibitors.
  好消息是其它种类的药物非常之多，从利尿剂等可靠的常用药到ACE抑制剂等新型药物。
• And don't forget those old standbys, multivitamin tablets.
  还有千万别忘了那些老字号补品，维生素片。
• A Comparison of Standbys and Documentary Letters of Credit
  备用证与跟单信用证的比较
• Firstly, the author took the normal wheel track railway, high speed maglev, high expressway and aviation as standbys, discussed their properties separately, and made multi-object decision-making models on choosing transportation tools.
  首先，以常速轮轨铁路、高速磁浮、高速公路、航空为备选方案，讨论它们的属性值，建立旅客对交通工具选择的多目标决策模型；
• You might relegate onions to the list of old-fashioned kitchen standbys, as you can slice and dice them into everything from home fries and soups to omelets and casseroles.
  你大概会把洋葱归为老式餐点佐料，因为什么菜都可以加点洋葱切片，你可以炸洋葱圈，炖洋葱汤，煎洋葱烩蛋，还能把它扔到砂锅里去煮一煮。
• Now we might have to return to the old standbys.
  不过，现在我们恐怕不得不回到前面老二样上去了。
• The very nature of the debt crisis has sadly disqualified many of the old standbys.
  这场债务危机的本质决定了许多传统避险资产都已不再可靠。
• Growth is widely expected to slow again in 2014, as the country's economy matures and old standbys like exports and infrastructure spending lose some of their punch.
  随着中国经济逐渐成熟，出口和基础设施支出等旧有的推动力从一定程度上失去作用，外界普遍预计2014年中国的经济增长将再次放缓。
• The Bank has also started to target unnecessary barriers to internal and external trade, from age-old standbys such as tariffs, to corruption and red tape at border crossings.
  世行也开始把阻碍内、外部贸易的各种不必要壁垒当作目标，如年代久远的关税、腐败以及繁杂的海关手续。