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stalemate

/steyl-meyt/US // ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt //UK // (ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt) //

僵局,僵持,僵持不下,僵持阶段

Related Words

delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误impasse僵局,困局,绝境,僵持standstill停滞不前,停滞,停顿,停顿下来gridlock僵局,瘫痪,胶着状态,胶着standoff对峙,僵持,僵持不下,阻隔tie领带,系,领结,捆绑draw绘制,画画,画,抽奖pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿check检查,检查一下arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获catch-22二十二点,二十二点钟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
    • : any position or situation in which no action can be taken or progress made; deadlock: Talks between union and management resulted in a stalemate.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stale·mat·ed, stale·mat·ing.

    • : to subject to a stalemate.
    • : to bring to a standstill.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stale·mat·ed, stale·mat·ing.

    • : to be or result in a stalemate or standoff: Negotiations stalemated when new salary demands were introduced.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误gridlock僵局,瘫痪,胶着状态,胶着impasse僵局,困局,绝境,僵持standoff对峙,僵持,僵持不下,阻隔standstill停滞不前,停滞,停顿,停顿下来arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获check检查,检查一下draw绘制,画画,画,抽奖pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿tie领带,系,领结,捆绑catch-22二十二点,二十二点钟

Examples

  • Even if they do break the stalemate, it’s unclear whether the PUA will be extended.

  • Senate Republicans are set to vote on their own legislation this week for another round of stimulus amid a stalemate on Capitol Hill over what the next package should look like.

  • If the stalemate continues, the hardest-hit states may have to start taking aggressive measures very soon.

  • After several years of stalemates, Netflix has opened up a dominant lead over rival HBO in Emmy nominations.

  • Which is why GE is looking to the future to break the stalemate.

  • And finally, there is the fact that most of the culture wars have reached a stalemate.

  • By late August it looked like stalemate was almost certainly the tragic outcome of the years of war.

  • There are thought pieces on the inevitable outcome of Twitter fights (likely a stalemate, depending on who you read).

  • Webb believes he is just the sort of centrist leader who can break the Democrat-Republican stalemate in Washington.

  • Coup attempts in the past have failed to do much more than add to chaos before a return to an uneasy stalemate.

  • Along the Italian front the summer had developed something of the same kind of stalemate that had existed in France.

  • However, at least for the moment, he had reached a stalemate.

  • What is needed, therefore, is some hint or lead which will break this stalemate.

  • A stalemate existed between them in this strange battle, the like of which Ross's world had not known before.

  • Just how long that stalemate would have lasted they were not to know for another player came on the board.

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