1.capital punishment 死刑
例句:How many MP's favour bringing back capital punishment?
有多少國會議員贊成恢復死刑?
2.stand-off 冷淡;僵持
例句:For decades, we averted disaster, even under the shadow of a superpower stand-off.
幾十年來,即使在超級大國對峙的陰影下,我們避免了災難。
3.no-fly zone 禁飛區
例句:NATO has already agreed to enforce the arms embargo and patrol a no-fly zone over Libya.
北約已同意實施武器禁運法令,并在利比亞禁飛區內巡邏。
4.the peace talks 和談
例句:The kids who engaged in the peace talks were ostracized by their own groups as treasonists.
參加和談的男孩受到排擠,被自己的隊員視為叛徒。