impasse

英 [ˈɪmpæs]

美 [ˈɪmpæs]

n.  僵局; 绝境

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牛津词典

noun

• 僵局；绝境
  a difficult situation in which no progress can be made because the people involved cannot agree what to do
  1. to break/end the impasse
     打破 / 结束僵局
  2. Negotiations have reached an impasse .
     谈判已陷入僵局。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 绝境;僵局;死胡同
  If people are in a difficult position in which it is impossible to make any progress, you can refer to the situation as animpasse.
  1. The company says it has reached an impasse in negotiations with the union.
     公司称与工会的谈判已陷入僵局。

英英释义

noun

• a street with only one way in or out
  Synonym:blind alleycul de sacdead-end street
• a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
  1. reached an impasse on the negotiations
  Synonym:deadlockdead endstalematestandstill

双语例句

• We seem to have reached an impasse.
  我们似乎搞僵了。
• The solution is to break the Doha Development Agenda impasse in2008.
  解决办法是在2008年打破多哈发展回合的僵局。
• We often reach an impasse in our thinking.
  我们在思维过程中常常会陷入僵局。
• The two parties have been at an impasse over the judges since the beginning of their coalition.
  从联合政府组建开始，两党在是否恢复法官职位问题上的磋商就陷入僵局。
• There is a general feeling that a way out of the impasse has been found, and people no longer knit their brows in despair.
  大家以为有了出路，愁眉锁眼的姿态为之一扫。
• However there is also a political impasse.
  不过，叙利亚还存在一个政治僵局。
• This decision broke the impasse between donor countries and Palestinian Autonomous Authorities that had lasted for nearly one year.
  这一决定打破了援助国同巴自治领导机构之间延续将近一年的僵局。
• There are few signs of an easy end to the impasse.
  这一僵局尚未出现善了的迹象。
• It remained for Mr Parkhill to break through the impasse.
  只有等待帕克希尔先生来打破僵局了。
• A recent development in international trade in textiles could offer a way out of the impasse.
  一个最近在国际纺织品贸易中最新的进展提供了化解僵局的出路。