If you want to change the way the committee does things, you should stand for election yourself.如果你想改变委员会做事的方式，你应该亲自参加竞选。There was so much muckraking about his family life that he decided not to stand for election.众多媒体大肆搜集报道他的家庭生活，致使他决定不再参加竞选。She was one of the first women to stand for election to parliament.她是最早参加议会选举的女性之一。