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impasse n.僵局；死路 (1) 但政治僵局却依然持续。 If you investigate impasse a little more closely, you'll discover passer, the French word for to pass. The im- prefix is a negative, meaning that there's no way any passing is going to occur. It's impossible. An impasse is any situation in which the parties involved can't, or won't, move forward or make any sort of progress. Either they are literally stuck, like two big trucks trying to pass each other on a narrow road, or they are figuratively stuck, as in two politicians who are unable to reach an agreement on a new policy.

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英 ['æmpɑːs] 美 ['ɪmpæs] (1) But the political impasse lingers. When two huge semi trailers met face-to-face on a one-lane mountain road, the drivers jumped out of their cabs and exclaimed, "We're at an impasse! We can't move forward — we can only reverse and go back in the direction from which we came." 1[N-SING 单数名词]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 an impasse . 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。

英语单词	impasse
英美音标	英 ['æmpɑːs] 美 ['ɪmpæs]
中文释义	n.僵局；死路
英语例句	(1) But the political impasse lingers.
中文例句	(1) 但政治僵局却依然持续。
vocabulary简明	When two huge semi trailers met face-to-face on a one-lane mountain road, the drivers jumped out of their cabs and exclaimed, "We're at an impasse! We can't move forward — we can only reverse and go back in the direction from which we came."
vocabulary扩展	If you investigate impasse a little more closely, you'll discover passer, the French word for to pass. The im- prefix is a negative, meaning that there's no way any passing is going to occur. It's impossible. An impasse is any situation in which the parties involved can't, or won't, move forward or make any sort of progress. Either they are literally stuck, like two big trucks trying to pass each other on a narrow road, or they are figuratively stuck, as in two politicians who are unable to reach an agreement on a new policy.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]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 an impasse . 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。

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