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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He's in a diplomatic standoff with suvarov.
他正和萨瓦洛夫进行外交和谈。 - Thus a standoff system of resentment-filled checks and balances existed for five thousand years after the second break up.
因此，第二次灾难后，一个对峙、充满怨恨、相互制衡的制度持续了五千年。