stand-down [
'stænd`daʊn]
n. 停止, 暂停, 停工
stand-down[ noun ]- a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness
<noun.state>
- (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
<noun.act>
- "Ships at sea will stand-down at sea.
- Navy officials said the stand-down wasn't ordered because the service was operating in an unsafe manner, but because Garrett and Trost wanted to ensure that everything that could be done was being done to protect servicemen.
- "This is a stand-down, not a shutdown," Quigley said. "There is no degradation of the readiness posture." Overall, the Navy has 599,000 full-time personnel and some 566 ships _ and usually a third of those are at sea for training at any one time.
- The admiral told commanders that he found the stand-down was executed professionally at all levels, and that there was no single thread that tied the string of accidents together.
- It was the latest accident since a series of problems forced a worldwide Navy stand-down last fall.
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