stalemate

Word family adverbstalelynounstalenessstalemateadjectivestale

stale·mate /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 PROGRESSa situation in which it seems impossible to settle an argument or disagreement, and neither side can get an advantage 僵局；僵持 SYN deadlock

an attempt to break the stalemate

打破僵局的努力

The discussions with the miners’ union ended in stalemate.

同矿工工会的谈判以陷入僵局而告终。

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2. DGOa position in chess in which neither player can win 〔国际象棋的〕无子可动，僵局，和棋

—stalemate verb [transitiveT]

Examples from the Corpus

stalemate• Negotiations with the 200 army rebels are at a stalemate.• an attempt to break a stalemate in the Middle East peace process• Congress remains in a stalemate over the federal budget.• At that point the strike appeared to have reached a stalemate.• The cultural patterns themselves are influenced by the structural instability and the cultural stalemate.• Also, a presidential system can so balance power between legislature and executive that there are damaging stalemates and confusion of accountability.• All this has produced a dangerous stalemate.• It looks like the long-running dispute could end in stalemate.• We had reached a position of stalemate - but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled.• The proposal was aimed at ending the stalemate between environmentalist and business groups.• But at least the stalemate had been been broken.• the stalemate in the three-month long pay dispute• Any conversation, even if it was only about food, was better than this stalemate.• But the talks themselves were a virtual stalemate.

break the stalemate• Mitchell is consulting with the officials on a proposal by his three-member international panel to break the stalemate in peace negotiations.• In the summer of 1557, some of them tried to break the stalemate.• But hopes that Mr Freeman would break the stalemate were dashed.

Origin stalemate

(1700-1800) stale “stalemate” ((15-18 centuries)) (from Old French estal; → STALE) + mate ( → MATE23)

词汇	stalemate
释义	stalemate Word family adverbstalelynounstalenessstalemateadjectivestale stale·mate /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] 1 PROGRESSa situation in which it seems impossible to settle an argument or disagreement, and neither side can get an advantage 僵局；僵持 SYN deadlock an attempt to break the stalemate 打破僵局的努力 The discussions with the miners’ union ended in stalemate. 同矿工工会的谈判以陷入僵局而告终。 ► see thesaurus at progress 2. DGOa position in chess in which neither player can win 〔国际象棋的〕无子可动，僵局，和棋 —stalemate verb [transitiveT] Examples from the Corpus stalemate• Negotiations with the 200 army rebels are at a stalemate.• an attempt to break a stalemate in the Middle East peace process• Congress remains in a stalemate over the federal budget.• At that point the strike appeared to have reached a stalemate.• The cultural patterns themselves are influenced by the structural instability and the cultural stalemate.• Also, a presidential system can so balance power between legislature and executive that there are damaging stalemates and confusion of accountability.• All this has produced a dangerous stalemate.• It looks like the long-running dispute could end in stalemate.• We had reached a position of stalemate - but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled.• The proposal was aimed at ending the stalemate between environmentalist and business groups.• But at least the stalemate had been been broken.• the stalemate in the three-month long pay dispute• Any conversation, even if it was only about food, was better than this stalemate.• But the talks themselves were a virtual stalemate. break the stalemate• Mitchell is consulting with the officials on a proposal by his three-member international panel to break the stalemate in peace negotiations.• In the summer of 1557, some of them tried to break the stalemate.• But hopes that Mr Freeman would break the stalemate were dashed. Origin stalemate (1700-1800) stale “stalemate” ((15-18 centuries)) (from Old French estal; → STALE) + mate ( → MATE23)
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