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
  Synonym:repulsion
• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
  1. the game ended in a draw
  2. their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
  Synonym:drawtie

双语例句

• 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。
• During the SWAT standoff at his home that followed, he called his brother.
  之后，当他的家被特警围住时，他给哥哥打了一个电话。
• 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。
• Why has nothing worked to alleviate the standoff, which stretches on hour after hour?
  僵持局面持续了一个小时又一个小时，为什么就没有行之有效的缓和措施呢？
• Two guys are equally strong. The fight ended in a standoff.
  这两个家伙都很强壮，争斗最终以僵持不下告终。
• He held our agents in a standoff in Boston last year.
  去年在波士顿他和我们的探员对峙。
• But since then they have turned to helping organise the polls, agreed to by the provincial government of Guangdong after a tense 11-day standoff.
  但之后，两人的角色变成了投票活动的组织者。在广东省政府最终同意这次选举前，村民与政府曾经紧张对峙11天。
• 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。
• Authorities had been in a long standoff with the man during which his home erupted in flames.
  官方称他们与该男子僵持了很长一段时间，在此过程中，该男子的房屋爆炸。
• 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。