学个词Learn a Word 第701期 Standoff（在线收听）

今天我们要学的词是standoff。 Standoff, 僵持不下。被索马里海盗绑架的美国货船船长菲利普斯获救。 "After a five-day standoff , U.S. Navy Seal snipers shot and killed three pirates and brought Phillips to safety," 经过五天的僵持后，美国海军的海豹突击队狙击手开枪打死了三名海盗，安全营救了菲利普斯。 "The standoff between the U.S. Navy and pirates is generating debate within the Obama administration over policy toward Somalia," 美国海军跟海盗的这次对峙引起了奥巴马政府对索马里政策的辩论。好的，今天我们学习的词是standoff...