make public one’s stand;clarify (or state)one’s position;commit oneself publicly;declare where one stands;pronouncement;statement 我们的防务政策不能建立在他们的～基础上。Our defense policy cannot be based on their pronouncements./他没有～。He didn’t commit himself. or:He was non-committal./作～性发言make a statement of one’s position/明确～take a clearcut stand