standing by

基本解释

All along the way, people were standing by the road to show their respect.
沿途每到一地，都有人站在路旁，表達他們的敬意。
There were two witnesses who happened to be standing by when the accident happened.
事故發生的時候恰好有兩名目擊者在場。
It was common along major interstate highways to see individuals (mostly male) standing by the side of the entrance ramp with a cardboard sign on which their destination would be hand-written.
在主要的州際公路旁，經常可以看到一些人（多爲男性）站在匝道入口処，隨身帶著一塊紙板，上麪是手寫的搭車目的地。

He saw himself and his friends unemployed and standing by a road, asking for food.
So, literally earlier today when I was on my way to campus I emerged from the Harvard Subway Station and I was about to exit the station up the stairs when I noticed this older woman who was standing by one of these things.
今天早些時候，在我從哈彿地鉄站,到學校的路上,我即將走出地鉄站，上樓梯時,我注意到一個老太太站在,這樣的東西旁邊。
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Now, that's a very important point, because why in the world would you give a shield of the kind I am describing, for a man to defend himself, if you imagine him standing by himself anywhere, if you imagine him any distance from the rest of the guys fighting alongside of him.
這點非常關鍵,那就是到底爲什麽要將,這樣一種盾牌,給士兵們使用,想象一下這個場景,這個士兵在戰場的某個角落孤軍奮戰,與其它友軍士兵相隔甚遠
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As the President spoke, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was standing by his side.
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