0 something that is always ready for use, especially if a regular one fails -- (尤指為應對出現問題或故障時的)備用設備,備用品,替代物
Board games are a good standby to keep the children amused if the weather is bad. 天氣不好時,棋類遊戲是個不錯的哄孩子們開心的備用選擇。
There are standby generators but these usually only have to work for a few hours a year during power cuts. 有備用發電機,不過通常一年只在斷電時使用幾個小時。
Hospitals are on standby ready to deal with casualties from the crash. 醫院隨時準備接受撞車事故的傷患。
1 a cheap ticket sold just before a flight or a performance if there is a seat available -- (航班起飛前或演出開始前廉價出售的)餘票
Below them were the standbys, mainly captives and conscripts, followed by the under-age combatants.
Nevertheless, for most physicians in general practice opium-based medications remained a standby.
The physiological relevance for the cell cycle translation pausing and the molecular mechanism of the elongation transitory standby involving polyamines, remain to be determined.
Most people therefore buy particular models (other than the globally known brands) with a very low technical standard (b/w-screen, 24 hours of standby only).
Mobility can be scored in relation to independence (= 0), standby assistance (= 0.5) or hands-on assistance (= 1).
Advertising campaigns spur us on to switch off the lights, not to leave the appliances on standby or to avoid taking our cars.
In this case we will need to mention the pinball posts, although those posts play no role in actually producing the straight-path behaviour; they are merely standby causes.
A much used standby was the assurance that the enquirer would receive a further response "in due course" - though in due course of what was not stated.
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