stalemate
stalemate 英 [ˈsteɪlmeɪt] 美 [ˈstelˌmet]
n. 僵局；陷于困境 vt. 使僵持；使陷入困境 vi. 僵持；陷入僵局
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- A stalemate is an impasse in a contest, a point where neither player — usually in chess — can win or lose.
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- n. 僵局；陷于困境
- vt. 使僵持；使陷入困境
- vi. 僵持；陷入僵局
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1. But he said military operations in Libya were moving towards stalemate.
但是他表示，利比亚的军事行动即将陷入僵局。
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2. After years of stalemate and the infamous Copenhagen collapse, there is now at least a glimmer of hope that humanity can act together.
他们总结说：“在多年的僵局和臭名昭著的哥本哈根崩溃之后，如今至少有了人类共同行动的一线希望。
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3. But it was thanks to her intervention both that the IMF loan was unblocked and that a breakthrough was made in the gas-price stalemate with Russia in January.
但是，IMF的贷款之所以得以解冻，一月份与俄罗斯在天然气价格上形成的僵持局面之所以取得突破，都得益于她的干预。
- stalemate (n.) 1765, in chess, from stale "stalemate" (early 15c.) + mate (n.2) "checkmate." Middle English stale is probably from Anglo-French estale "standstill" (see stall (n.2)). A misnomer, because a stale is not a mate. "In England from the 17th c. to the beginning of the 19th c. the player who received stalemate won the game" [OED]. Figurative sense is recorded from 1885. As a verb from 1765; figurative from 1861.
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