impasse

英 [ˈɪmpæs]

美 [ˈɪmpæs]

n.  僵局; 绝境

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14887 / COCA.12663

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

• However there is also a political impasse.
  不过，叙利亚还存在一个政治僵局。
• We seem to have reached an impasse.
  我们似乎搞僵了。
• 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。
• But the debt-ceiling impasse is only one instance.
  但债务上限僵局不是唯一的例子。
• 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。
• The negotiations had reached an impasse, with both sides refusing to compromise.
  由于双方都不肯妥协，谈判陷入僵局。
• The African Union panel now has one week to decide how the impasse should end.
  这个非盟小组现在有一个星期的时间来决定这场僵局该如何结束。
• 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。
• 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。
• This created an impasse.
  这让谈判陷入了僵局。