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standoff

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

对峙,僵持,僵持不下,阻隔

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

noundraw, tie
Synonyms
deadlock僵局,死锁,困局,僵持impasse僵局,困局,绝境,僵持stalemate僵局,僵持,僵持不下,僵持阶段level水平,级别,层次,层面toss-up折腾,抛出,抛球,投掷wash清洗,洗涤,洗净,洗濯mexican standoff墨西哥对峙,墨西哥的对峙,墨西哥人的对峙,墨西哥对峙事件dead heat死循环,死胡同,死战,死角drawn battle拉锯战,抽签战,拉练,拔河比赛even game匀速游戏,甚至游戏,偶数游戏,匀称的游戏

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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