stalemate

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n. 僵持状态, 僵局, 陷于困境, 胶着状况 vt. 将...逼和, 使僵持, 使陷入困境

发音

US /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/

词形变化

stalemates 复数 stalemates stalemated stalemates 三单 stalemating stalemating 现在分词 stalemated 过去式 stalemated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.

    欠行

    困毙

    无子可动

    可数 不可数 游戏
  2. 2.

    Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.

    僵局

    对峙

    可数 比喻 不可数 引申义

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London "Short of shooting us all in cold blood how's that going to help you, Mr. Carrados?" asked Larch, coming down to the commonplace of the situation. "It looks like stalemate to me and the sensible thing would be to make it a draw and all call off in good order. […] "

  3. 3.

    Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.

    及物 游戏
  2. 2.

    To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

standstill dead-end impasse deadlock

上位词 4

situation tie draw standoff
动词

上位词 2

go move

词源

From stale + mate.

来源：wiktionary