impasse
impasse 英 [ˈæmpɑ:s] 美 [ˈɪmpæs]
n. 僵局；死路
名词复数:impasses
- When two huge semi trailers met face-to-face on a one-lane mountain road, the drivers jumped out of their cabs and exclaimed, "We're at an impasse! We can't move forward — we can only reverse and go back in the direction from which we came."
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- n. 僵局；死路
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1. A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse.
僵局僵局，如在谈判中的；死路
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2. This time, the impasse between government and industry is not the only cause of China’s electricity shortages.
这一次政府与电力工业之间的僵局并不仅仅是中国电力短缺的唯一原因。
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3. Under siege, its monopoly is secure. There is, meanwhile, no mechanism to negotiate a way out of this impasse.
封锁下，其垄断地位是稳固的，同时，没有有效的机制协调来摆脱这一僵局。
- impasse (n.) 1763, "blind alley, dead end," from French impasse "impassable road; blind alley; impasse" (18c.), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + passe "a passing," from passer "to pass" (see pass (v.)). Figurative use (c. 1840) is perhaps from its use in whist. Supposedly coined by Voltaire as a euphemism for cul de sac.
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