stand for something

It's one thing if someone gives you money for something specific, but if not, learn to stand up straight and say no. If your friends and family love you, they'll understand.

如果有人给你钱叫你买某样东西是一回事，否则，学着维护自己的权益，学会拒绝。如果你的朋友和家人爱你的话，他们会理解的。

Something was being lifted out of me. Something had been completed, and the scene before me was so beautiful that I wanted to shout and dance and sing for joy. That soon passed, as everything must, and presently I was able to stand and start for home.

虽然一切都已经过去了，但却有一种无形的力量在鼓舞着我，眼前的景色是那样的美丽以至于兴奋得我想高歌，大喊，狂舞。

If you ever stand for something, you are going to get haters.

如果你曾有过立场，那肯定会有讨厌你的人。

Yet they are also meant to be allegorical, to stand for something.

这样被认为是寓言式陈述某事.

But there seemed to be something the matter with the floor, for he couldn't stand upon it steadily; and with the walls too, for they were inclined to turn round and round, and could only be stopped by being looked at very hard indeed.

可是地面似乎出了什么毛病，因为他不能稳定地站在上面；墙壁似乎也一样，因为它老爱旋转着，旋转着，只有非常使劲地注视着它们，才能使它们停止。