stand to gain, beat back, arms measure

Sergio Moraes/Reuters

Americas Stand to Gain from New Fields

By SIMON ROMERO

Western oil companies looking to exploit untapped fields will find plenty throughout countries in the Americas, like Brazil, above, that offer greater political stability.

2011.10
US Senate beats back Taiwan arms measure
AFP
WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Thursday defeated an effort to force President Barack Obama to sell Taiwan some 66 F-16 fighter jets instead of upgrading the island's existing fleet of combat aircraft. Senators voted 48-48 on a proposal by Republican ...


beat back

Force to retreat or withdraw, as in His findings beat back all their arguments to the contrary. This phrase was often used in a military context (and still is), as in Their armies were beaten back. [Late 1500s]

stand to gain 一定獲利

stand to (自)
(1) 《軍事》（敵の夜襲にそなえて）（戦闘）待機する.

n. 1. the state of readiness for action or attack.
2. the formal start to a day of military operations.

［stand to ...］ (2) 〈主張などに〉固執する, 〈約束などを〉守る.
(3) 〈人・主義などを〉支持する.
(4) 〈仕事などに〉励み続ける.


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［stand ... to］

《軍事》〈部隊を〉（夜襲にそなえて）部署につかせて待機させる.