1.capital punishment 死刑
例句:How many MP's favour bringing back capital punishment?
有多少国会议员赞成恢复死刑?
2.stand-off 冷淡;僵持
例句:For decades, we averted disaster, even under the shadow of a superpower stand-off.
几十年来,即使在超级大国对峙的阴影下,我们避免了灾难。
3.no-fly zone 禁飞区
例句:NATO has already agreed to enforce the arms embargo and patrol a no-fly zone over Libya.
北约已同意实施武器禁运法令,并在利比亚禁飞区内巡逻。
4.the peace talks 和谈
例句:The kids who engaged in the peace talks were ostracized by their own groups as treasonists.
参加和谈的男孩受到排挤,被自己的队员视为叛徒。