stalemate
stalemate
noun
noun
- [mass noun](Chess)a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check
(棋)无子可动，王棋受困
■a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible
僵持，僵局
the war had again reached stalemate.
战争再次陷入僵局。
- [with obj.]bring to or cause to reach stalemate
使王棋受困，将…逼和；使僵持，使陷入僵局
[as adj. stalemated]the currently stalemated peace talks.
当前陷入僵局的和谈。
- mid 18th cent.: from obsolete stale (from Anglo-Norman French estale 'position', from estaler 'be placed') + mate
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