- 1僵局、對峙（新聞常說「對峙」，尤其武裝對峙）
A standoff is a fight or argument that has stopped moving because neither side can win and neither side will give up. Both sides are still there, still facing each other, still ready — nothing has been settled, and nothing is happening. News reports use it most for armed situations: police outside a building with someone inside, two armies at a border, each watching the other for hours or days. But it is used just as much for talk: a standoff between a union and a company, between two political parties over a budget. The key feeling is frozen tension, not calm. A is quiet because both sides agreed to be quiet; a standoff is quiet because both sides are stuck. It usually implies waiting — a standoff can go on for weeks, and part of the fight is who runs out of patience first. The related adjective standoffish is a different matter entirely: it describes a person who keeps others at a distance and seems cold, and it has nothing to do with a fight.
From the word’s history
From stand off.
來自片語 stand off（站開、相持不下）。
組成From the phrasal verb stand off — to stand at a distance from something rather than moving in. The noun is made by simply freezing the verb phrase into one word, which is how English built a whole shelf of these: standoff, standout, takeover, breakdown.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
standoffnoun/ˈstændɒf/
- 1
A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
- 2
A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
- I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two.
- A tense standoff between demonstrators and police continued overnight.
standoffadj/ˈstændɒf/
- 1
governmentmilitarypoliticsFor use at a distance sufficient from the target to allow defensive fire to be evaded.
- a standoff bomb, missile, or weapon
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- stand off
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