stalemates

英 [ˈsteɪlˈmeɪts]

美 [ˈsteɪlˌmeɪts]

n.  (辩论或竞赛中出现的)僵局，僵持局面; 僵局; 和棋
stalemate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 僵局;僵持
  Stalemateis a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible.
  1. President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit...
     布什总统已结束了在削减国家预算赤字的措施上形成的僵局。
  2. He said the war had reached a stalemate and that a political accord was the only solution.
     他说战争已陷入僵局，政治协议是唯一的解决办法。
• (国际象棋的)和棋
  In chess,stalemateis a position in which a player cannot make any move which is allowed by the rules, so that the game ends and no one wins.

双语例句

• The problem first arose under the Clinton administration with Kosovo; recent stalemates over Sudan, Iran and Burma have increased the activists 'dissatisfaction.
  这个问题首先出现在克林顿（Clinton）政府时期的科索沃危机上；近来苏丹、伊朗及缅甸问题上的僵局增加了激进主义者的不满。
• But almost at the top-and way ahead of other issues such as energy or healthcare-was leadership to end domestic political stalemates.
  但发挥领导力、结束国内政治僵局排得也非常靠前，远远领先于能源和医疗等其他问题。
• At a time when the globe faces slowing growth, debt problems in Europe, political stalemates in the United States, and other problems, modest progress may be the best that can be achieved.
  就在全球面临经济放缓的同时，欧洲的债务问题、美国的政治僵局，再加上其他问题，这次会议能够取得微薄进展就已经算是大功告成了。
• Prolonged stalemates could trigger the filing of a WTO dispute settlement case and spark consideration of remedial intervention in currency markets to correct the misalignment.
  久拖的僵局会促使我们提请世贸组织解决争端，并鼓励我们考虑对外汇市场进行补救性干预，以修正失调现象。