- PHRASAL VERB 不干预;不采取行动
If you stand aside from something, you allow it to happen without interfering in it or doing anything to prevent it.
- Ireland stood aside from this conflict...
爱尔兰没有介入这次冲突。 - The key question was whether they would stand aside or would disrupt the elections.
关键问题是他们会袖手旁观还是会扰乱选举。
- PHRASAL VERB (从重要职位上)退下,下台(常为了让位给别人)
If someone stands aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.
- The President said he was willing to stand aside if that would stop the killing.
总统说,如果他下台能让杀戮停止的话,他愿意这样做。
in AM, use 美国英语用 stand down