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stand-down

/stand-doun/US // ˈstændˌdaʊn //

停工,撤军,撤兵,撤消

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
    • : a work stoppage or layoff.

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Examples

  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.

  • A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.

  • To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles.

  • And with stand-ups, I remember liking George Carlin and Steve Martin.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

  • So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.