ph.

1. (某个字母)是…的缩写，代表，表示
If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word.

2. 支持，主张，代表(某种观点或态度)
The ideas or attitudes that someone or something stands for are the ones that they support or represent.

3. 不能容忍
If you will not stand for something, you will not allow it to happen or continue.

1. tolerate or bear

e.g. I won't stand for this kind of behavior!

Synonym: hold still for

2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model
be a symbol

e.g. What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

Synonym: typifysymbolizesymboliserepresent

3. denote or connote

e.g. `maison' means `house' in French
An example sentence would show what this word means

Synonym: meanintendsignify

4. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

e.g. Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin

Synonym: representcorrespond