stance

n.

态度，立场；站姿，被放置的姿势；位置；（运动员的）始发姿势

复数：stances

1. He maintains a rigidly right-wing political stance.
   他坚持僵硬的右派政治立场。
2. You must choose to take a united stance.
   你们必须选择来采取一致的立场。
3. What is your stance on corporal punishment?
   你对体罚持什么态度?
4. He has changed his stance on monetary union.
   他已经改变了对货币联盟的态度。
5. The boxer took up a fighting stance.
   拳击手采取了攻势。

The intentional stance.
In his The Intentional Stance
Stance and engagement: a model of interaction in academic discourse
Towards a true neural stance on consciousness
Imaging the intentional stance in a competitive game.
The Interview: From Neutral Stance to Political Involvement.
Inquiry as Stance: Practitioner Research for the Next Generation. Practitioners Inquiry.
Evaluation in text : authorial stance and the construction of discourse
Unified theory regarding A/P and M/L balance in quiet stance.
Ontogenetic development of postural control in man: adaptation to altered support and visual conditions during stance.