mindmap root((立场)) position implies reference to a question at issue or a matter about which there is a difference of opinion: the candidate discussed his ~ on the war. stand is similar to position but connotes a strongly held or expressed opinion: took a ~ against continuing any government subsidies. attitude is likely to apply to a point of view colored by personal or party feeling and as much the product of temperament or emotion as of thought or conviction: he took a humorous ~ toward life.