stance

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Your stance on a particular matter is your attitude to it. (对某事的) 态度; 立场
Congress had agreed to reconsider its stance on the armed struggle. 国会已经同意重新考虑其对本次武装斗争的态度。
2. N-COUNT Your stance is the way that you are standing. 站姿[正式]
Take a comfortably wide stance and flex your knees a little. 取两腿自然分开的站姿，双膝微屈。

The leader's aggressive stance seems to have foreclosed any chance of diplomatic compromise .
Craig doesn't have a car as a part of his anti-consumerist stance.
There have been repeated calls for the president to moderate his stance on contraception .
The UN called on all parties in the conflict to take a positive stance towards the new peace initiative .
Would you say the government's stance on law and order has softened ?