| 单词 | stalemate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['steil'meit] |
| 解释 | n.和棋局面，僵局 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.和棋局面，僵局(a drawn contest; deadlock) 【考】 clog : drainage / stalemate : negotiations(阻塞使排水无法进行 /僵局使谈判无法进行) 【记】 组合词：stale(无用 的)＋mate(将死对方 的棋)→将不死→和棋 【例】 break the stalemate(打破僵局) |
| 字源 | stalemate (n.) 1765, in chess, from stale "stalemate" (early 15c.) + mate (n.2) "checkmate." Middle English stale is probably from Anglo-French estale "standstill" (see stall (n.2)). A misnomer, because a stale is not a mate. "In England from the 17th c. to the beginning of the 19th c. the player who received stalemate won the game" [OED]. Figurative sense is recorded from 1885. As a verb from 1765; figurative from 1861. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 僵局(下一步行动受阻的情形) = deadlock; 使陷入(僵局) 【记】stale(adj 陈腐的; 陈旧的), mate(n 配偶; 对手): 原指在下国际象棋中使对手陈腐, 也就是其它棋子不能移动而只有把王移到被将军位置的局面－僵局 【类】clog: drainage = stalemate: negotiations阻塞阻止排水 = 僵局阻止谈判 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自stale 陈腐，陈旧 + mate 对手，翻来覆去对手只走陈旧的几步 【相关】checkmate (象棋)将死 |
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