- upstanding (adj.)
[upstanding 词源字典]
- 14c., altered from or replacing Old English upstandene, in the literal sense, from up (adv.) + standing (see stand (v.)); see -ing (2). Figurative sense of "honest" is attested from 1863. A verb upstand "stand up, be erect, rise" is recorded from c. 1200.[upstanding etymology, upstanding origin, 英语词源]