standoff
英 [ˈstændˈɒf]
美 [ˈstænˌdɔf]
n. 僵持; 僵局
复数：standoffs
COCA.10197
柯林斯词典
- See also:There is no sign of an end to the stand-off between Mohawk Indians and the Quebec provincial police...The State Department was warning that this could lead to another diplomatic stand-off.Mexican stand-off
英英释义
noun
- the act of repulsing or repelling an attack
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- the game ended in a draw
- their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
双语例句
- The political standoff ended when the army took over. We were three runs behind after the second inning.
军队接管后，政治僵局才告一段落。在第二局结束时，我们以三分之差落后。 - Officials in both Moscow and Dagestan are still not sure what happened during the week-long standoff nor can they explain fully the bizarre behaviour by both sides.
莫斯科和达吉斯坦的官员们仍不确定在长达一周的对峙中发生了什么，也未能完全解释双方的古怪行为。 - Nine hour standoff is over in Florida.
佛罗里达州一场持续9个小时的对峙结束了。 - Two months later, House Speaker John Boehner criticized some fellow Republicans, saying they pushed the party into a futile budget standoff.
两个月之后，白宫发言人约翰博纳评论某些跟风的共和党人说他们将党推向了一个苍白的预算僵局中。 - It looks like this boxing match is going to be a standoff.
看起来这场拳击比赛要打成乎局了。 - The standoff has chilled relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors and raised speculation there could be another armed confrontation between India and Pakistan.
这一僵局使得这两个拥有核武器的邻国关系冷淡，并令人猜测印度和巴基斯坦之间是否可能再次发生军事对抗。 - Elsewhere in the city, loud blasts and sporadic gunfire erupted at the Nariman House as Indian security forces worked to end the hostage standoff at a Jewish outreach center.
当印度安全部队忙于解救犹太人中心的人质时，在该城市的NarimanHouse也爆发了大爆炸和零散的枪击事件。 - The border standoff between Cambodia and Thailand remains tense ahead of high-level talks on Monday.
在柬埔寨和泰国星期一举行高层会谈之前，两国边界的僵持局势仍然很紧张。 - However, the standoff underscored how sentiment in Japan has hardened against China, even in recent months.
然而，这场僵局体现出了日本对于中国的敏感。 - Although more costly, this provides the highest standoff voltage switch.
这种方法尽管成本较高，但是能够提供最高的关态电压开关。