stalemate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stale·mate /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ noun [countable, uncountable]  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 progress2. 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 [transitive]

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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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stalemate
stale‧mate /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ noun [uncountable and countable]1. a situation in which it seems impossible to settle an argument or disagreement, and neither side can get an advantage
   SYN  deadlock:
    an attempt to break the stalemate
    The discussions with the miners’ union ended in stalemate.
2. a position in chess in which neither player can win
—stalemate verb [transitive]
     

THESAURUS

■ no progress
   ▪ stalemate/deadlock /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ [uncountable and countable] a situation in which no further progress can be made because two groups or organizations cannot find a way to end a disagreement: The negotiations ended in deadlock. | At that point the strike appeared to have reached a stalemate. | the year-long political deadlock between the two parties
   ▪ impasse /æmˈpɑːs $ ˈɪmpæs/ [singular] formal a situation in which progress has stopped completely, especially because people cannot agree on what to do next: The continuing impasse over the budget. | The situation seemed to have reached an impasse.
   ▪ grind to a halt to slowly stop making any progress: The economy seems to be grinding to a halt. | It was clear that the peace talks had ground to a halt.

stale·mateBrE /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable, usually singular] a disagreement or a situation in a competition in which neither side is able to win or make any progress （辩论或竞赛中出现的）僵局，僵持局面 SYN impasse ◆The talks ended in (a) stalemate.谈判陷入僵局，无果而终。 [uncountable, singular] (in chess 国际象棋) a situation in which a player cannot successfully move any of their pieces and the game ends without a winner 僵局；和棋  ➡  compare checkmate (1)