Japan's standoff wiht China centers around a chain of East China Sea Islands.Both sides have reached an agreement to end a border standoff earlier this week.
本周早些时候，双方就解决中印边界对峙事件达成了共识。
exclude 排除（。。。的可能性），把。。。排除在外
Women are still excluded from some London Clubs.
伦敦有些俱乐部仍然拒绝女性参加。
She felt excluded by the other girls (= they did not let her join in what they were doing) .
她感到自己受到其他女孩子的排斥。
winding down 放松，逐步停止，逐步结束
Trump said the U.S. is close to achieveing what he considers a winding down of the war in Iran.
特朗普说美国即将实现他所认为的逐渐结束伊朗战争。
School activities start winding down about two weeks before the end of term.
学期结束前两周所有，学校的各种活动逐步减少了。
open-ended 无限制的，无期限的，无确定目标的
Trump laid out5 obejectives for the U.S. to end the fighting, yet some of them appear open-ended.
特朗普列出了美国结束战争的5个目标， 然而其中一些目标似乎没有明确的期限。
The contract is open-ended.
本合同是无限期的。
