standoff
对峙,僵持,僵持不下,阻隔
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Definitions
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- : 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.
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- : standing off or apart; aloof; reserved: an uncordial and standoff manner.
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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 .