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impasse

noun
🔊/ˈɪmpæs/
🔊/ˈɪmpæs/
 [usually singular]
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  1. a difficult situation in which no progress can be made because the people involved cannot agree what to do 僵局；绝境synonym deadlock
    • to break/end the impasse打破／结束僵局
    • Negotiations have reached an impasse.谈判已陷入僵局。🔊🔊
    • The Governor attempted to resolve Minnesota’s current budget impasse.州长试图解决明尼苏达州目前的预算难题。
    • The proposal offered both sides a way out of the diplomatic impasse.这一提议为双方摆脱外交僵局提供了出路。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • current
    • present
    • diplomatic
    • …
    verb + impasse
    • reach
    • break
    • end
    • …
    phrases
    • a way out of an impasse
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from im- (expressing negation) + the stem of passer ‘to pass’.