checkmate

/chek-meyt/US // ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt //UK // (ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt) //

将军

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n.名词 noun

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- : Also called mate. Chess. an act or instance of maneuvering the opponent's king into a check from which it cannot escape, thus bringing the game to a victorious conclusion.the position of the pieces when a king is checkmated.
- : a complete check; defeat: His efforts to escape met with a checkmate.

v.有主动词 verb

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check·mat·ed, check·mat·ing.
- : Chess. to maneuver into a check from which it cannot escape; mate.
- : to check completely; defeat: Napoleon was checkmated at Waterloo.

interj.感叹词 interjection

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Because when it comes to moving against the virus, we’re a long way from checkmate.
Under these circumstances many devices were resorted to to checkmate their political moves.
Once a case is made that a leak might be imminent, it is checkmate: the agent is thwarted.
Somebody knew exactly what was going on, somebody was at work to checkmate the dark design.
You and I will try to checkmate that pack if there is anything uncanny in it.
The ruffian was counting confidently on having things his own way, and Matt was wondering how he could checkmate him.
Victory for the South became immediately impossible, no matter how long the final checkmate might be delayed.
If the Austrian minister could accomplish this, he could thereby checkmate Prussian ambitions for leadership in Germany.