call to arms, still- ,stand fast.hold one's ground, A stand-your-ground law

 

 

 Also, hold one's ground; stand fast. Be firm or unyielding, as in You've got to respect him for standing his ground when all the others disagree, or I'm going to hold my ground on this issue, or No matter how he votes, I'm standing fast. This idiom, dating from the early 1600s, originally was applied to an army holding its territory against the enemy, but was being used figuratively as well by the end of the 1600s.

 

 A stand-your-ground law states that a person may use force in self-defense when there is reasonable belief of a threat, without an obligation to retreat first. In some cases, a person may use deadly force in public areas without a duty to retreat. Under these legal concepts, a person is justified in using deadly force in certain situations and the "stand your ground" law would be a defense or immunity to criminal charges and civil suit. The difference between immunity and a defense is that an immunity bars suit, charges, detention and arrest. A defense, such as an affirmative defense, permits a plaintiff or the state to seek civil damages or a criminal conviction but may offer mitigating circumstances that justifies the accused's conduct.

 

Drilling in Fast-Growing Areas Ushers in New Era of Tension

By KIRK JOHNSON

The still-emerging boom is bringing energy exploration to communities with no experience dealing with it and areas that were once, in rosier times, earmarked for other uses.

With Call to Arms, Obama Seeks to Shift Arc of Oil Crisis

By PETER BAKER

In a national address Tuesday night, President Obama hoped to pivot from defense to offense, using the still-unresolved crisis in the Gulf to press for sweeping change in energy policy.

CALL TO ARMS

noun

A rallying term used by proponents of a cause: battle cry, call to battle, cry, motto, rallying cry, war cry. Seewords.

still

adv.

1. Without movement; motionlessly: stand still.
2. 1. At the present time; for the present: We are still waiting.
   2. Up to or at a specified time; yet: still had not made up her mind.
   3. At a future time; eventually: may still see the error of his ways.
3. In increasing amount or degree; even: and still further complaints.
4. In addition; besides: had still another helping.
5. All the same; nevertheless.

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1 ((現在・未来・過去の時制に用いて))今［その時］までのところまだ, やはり, 今もなお, これから先［その後］もなお, 依然として

He is ［was］ still there.
彼はまだそこにいる［いた］

I'm still living in Tokyo.
まだ東京に住んでいます

He's still a child.
まだ子供だ

She loves him still.
彼のことをいまだに愛している（▼stillを文末に置くときは「いまだに」の意味が強まる）

The new wine still tasted of the grapes.
その新しいワインにはまだブドウの味が残っていた

I have still ［yet］ to find out the truth.
まだ真相がよくわからない（⇒[語法](2)）.

[語法]
(1) stillはふつう肯定文で用い, 否定文はno longer, yetを用いる：He is still here. 彼はまだここにいる（まだ帰らない）/He is no longer here. 彼はもうここにはいない（もう帰ってしまった）/He is not here yet. 彼はまだここにはいない（まだ来ていない）.
(2) stillを否定文で用いる場合は否定語の前に置き, 否定的な状況の継続を表す：I still can't tell the difference. 依然としてその差異がわからない/I still haven't bought a new car. 新車はまだ買っていない.

2 ((しばしば接続詞的))それにもかかわらず, なおかつ, それでも, やはり(but yet)

He hadn't studied；still, he took the examination.
勉強しなかったが, それでも試験を受けた

Still, it must be wonderful to have a child.
そうはいっても, 子供をもつってきっとすばらしいことなんでしょうね.

3 ((比較級を強めて))もっと, いっそう, さらに

a still better idea
さらによい考え

They demanded still more land.
さらに多くの土地を要求した

I was surprised then, but now I'm more surprised still.
そのときも驚いたが, 今ではますます驚いている

The street was hot at three and hotter still at four.
街路は3時には暑かったが4時にはさらに暑くなった

We haven't any money. Worse still, we haven't any time.
金がない. さらに悪いことに時間もない.

4 音をたてないで, 静かに.

5 〈距離・程度が〉さらに, いっそう.

6 ((古))絶えず, 常に.