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stand off

/stand-awf, -of/US // ˈstændˌɔf, -ˌɒf //UK // (ˈstændˌɒf) //

对峙,对抗,对峙着,对峙下去

Related Words

impasse僵局,困局,绝境,僵持deadlock僵局,死锁,困局,僵持stalemate僵局,僵持,僵持不下,僵持阶段wash清洗,洗涤,洗净,洗濯level水平,级别,层次,层面dead heat死循环,死胡同,死战,死角

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a standing off or apart; aloofness.
    • : a tie or draw, as in a game.
    • : something that counterbalances.
    • : a prop for holding the top of a ladder away from the vertical surface against which it is leaning.
    • : Electricity. an insulator that supports a conductor above a surface.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : standing off or apart; aloof; reserved: an uncordial and standoff manner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hamper阻碍,篮子,阻碍物,篮板hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素interrupt插话,插言,插句,插话进来postpone推迟,延迟,延期,推迟进行put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留stop停止,停下来,停,停住suspend暂停,悬挂,吊销,暂缓arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获brake刹车,制动器,制动,煞车check检查,检查一下die死亡,死,死了,死于equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的fence栅栏,篱笆,围墙,围栏filibuster拉布,拉布条,拉布战,拉皮条hedge篱笆,防范,对冲,防范措施prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任quibble狡辩,争辩,调侃,争论不休stand站在,站立,站,站起来still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧stonewall石墙,石头墙,石壁,石牆tarry耽搁,耽搁了,耽误时间,耽搁时间temporize暂缓,暂时的,暂时性的,暂时性avoid the issue逃避问题,回避问题,避开问题,躲避问题beat around the bush拐弯抹角,绕弯子,拐弯抹角的,拐弯抹角的说drag one's feet拖后腿,拖后腿的,拖拖拉拉,拖拖拉拉的hold off抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒not move不动,不许动,不动声色,不动产play for time争取时间,争取时间的游戏,争分夺秒,争取时间的玩法shut down关闭,停工,关掉,关机slow down减缓,慢下来,减慢,减慢速度stand still静止,静止不动,停滞不前,静止的take one's time不紧不慢,不着急,不忙,不紧不慢地

Examples

  • Notably, many moderates upset with Pelosi have refused to call her out by name – and make it a point criticize both GOP and Democratic leaders for the coronavirus talk standoff.

  • The proposed partnership, floated over the weekend, had seemed an ingenious solution for extricating the app, which counts more than 100 million American users, from a high-stakes standoff between Washington and Beijing.

  • Its continued connected TV distribution standoffs with Amazon and Roku.

  • It could even come down to an old-fashioned standoff bidding war on the floor of the City Council chambers.

  • The standoff between NBCU and the CTV platforms resembles the distribution disputes between traditional pay-TV providers and TV networks.

  • He was threatening to immolate both of them when police ended a standoff by grabbing him.

  • The two countries were eyeball to eyeball in a tense standoff for almost a year.

  • Ex-MMA fighter Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller live-tweeted a standoff with police over domestic violence charges.

  • Faced with this opponent, the United States has a variety of military options for using its aerial and standoff firepower.

  • We saw this during the recent standoff between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and federal officers.

  • There should not be too fine a point, however, in belaboring differences with the other examples in this regard over standoff.

  • It was a standoff, by my cooking and doing other camp duties and marketing our products.

  • My bosses they all like me, they say I am hard to beat; I give them the bold standoff, you bet I have got the cheek.

  • But the court will know that you have as much interest in lying as I have, and itll just be a standoff.

  • She was as plucky as any thing, and was putting up a great standoff when we got in our licks.

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