| 单词 | impasse |
| 释义 | impasse (æmpæs , ɪm- ) singular noun If people are in a difficult position in which it is impossible to make any progress, you can refer to the situation as an impasse. The company says it has reached an impasse in negotiations with the union. Synonyms: deadlock, stalemate, standstill, dead end Collocations: current impasse Despite the current impasse, you wouldn't bet against another episode. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The current impasse seems solid. Times, Sunday Times (2007) So the answer to the current impasse is clear. Times, Sunday Times (2014) That does not mean the current impasse has to be final. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Yet it is the source of the current impasse. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Two men have it in their power, if they can each take the pain of a partial climbdown, to end the impasse. Times, Sunday Times (2013) As the main opposition groups demanded a national unity government to end the impasse, Western donors cut direct aid in protest. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The opportunity to end the impasse now exists. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The populist leader has since rewritten the constitution to grant himself expanded executive powers, including the option to declare a political impasse and dissolve parliament. Times, Sunday Times Only a return to the vital centre, he argues, can move beyond the current political impasse. The Times Literary Supplement He warned that this would lead to new elections, which would fail to solve the political impasse. Times, Sunday Times Once again, the country has reached a political impasse. Times, Sunday Times Montero, as a way out of the political impasse, immediately called for presidential elections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His ideas helped me when I reached an impasse. The Sun (2012) We have reached an impasse. Times, Sunday Times (2008) For one or more of these reasons, you have reached an impasse. You and Your Adolescent: A Parents' Guide for Ages 10 to 20 (1990) His ministry had reached an impasse. Christianity Today (2000) Matters would appear to have reached an impasse. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The parties have been locked in talks over how to resolve the impasse for days, as they draft a full coalition agreement. The Sun How to resolve this impasse? Times, Sunday Times Over recent years, the two sides have held numerous discussions over how to resolve this impasse, from a straight sale of the holding to a merger of the two companies. Times, Sunday Times He therefore proposed an underlying theory for a new policy towards colonial taxation that might resolve the impasse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two sides were unable to agree on a contract the season before, and an arbitrator was required to resolve the impasse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 僵局 Japanese: 行き詰まり |
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