🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- smirk 178
- gratifying 32
- Pocketbook 128
- guiro 4
- tangible 107
- lech 35
- stage 360
- mcc 3
- nonet 4
- Administer 176
- turbulent 283
- personalize 93
- piccaninnies 3
- cremation 3
- hennaed 3
- doctor 177
- abort 51
- below decks 25
- ma'am 37
- writ 214
- worm 367
- telekinesis 64
- muscovado 4
- cutis 2
- harvest 373
- decimal 43
- kat 3
- building 160
- dobber 6
- Marry 113
- hyponym 6
- decamp 129
- particularize 3
- transplantation 53
- pebble 268
- reject 359
- anise 60
- capitalism 144
- downswing 34
- poky 94
- preferable 350
- authorize 148
- Envisage 75
- stop 273
- racket 319
- namecheck 4
- parrot 4
- cowling 39
- coverall 51
- large 145
- gridlocked 39
- ipo 5
- penurious 4
- Temperate 24
- elver 2
- burn the candle at both ends 28
- Nutritious 63
- organdies 2
- chef 102
- steady 352
- avant-garde 47
- assembly 414
- oracle 197
- houseman 3
- raunchy 50
- forefront 97
- Actress 61
- mitered 2
- outlet 339
- pontifications 14
- Uniform 52
- Apple 89
- Isolated 140
- enlistee 36
- disheveled 69
- festival 256
- piggier 3
- allowableness 3
- BRIGHT 147
- actively 71
- monopolization 67
- fair-weather 29
- gavel 51
- wonder 370
- badger 47
- scratchproof 30
- nice 69
- gawk 52
- catharsis 33
- animate 65
- iou 4
- circuit 283
- indefinite 296
- matériel 3
- malware 2
- mediacy 1
- input 401
- blue moon 28
- overdriven 5
- mimicking 2
- swot 25
- caff 26
- sweep 310
- commissioner 166
- Shampoo 52
- Beggar 44
- pieties 2
- reflect 466
- hyperlink 26
- glass 179
- infer 341
- idiosyncratic 24
- fallback 79
- wrap 368
- catastrophe 188
- iniquitous 3
- en route 22
- calendrical 21
- Tailor-made 58
- initiative 476
- comport 129
- humbling 22
- curiously 100
- recover 275
- parvenue 2
- be hard to beat 29
- greece 43
- family room 37
- discriminate 125
- joyful 264
- parish 122
- more 128
- CD 68
- spherical 32
- flag 357
- lining 3
- sustain 488
- chariest 29
- take aim 19
- baking powder 47
- part 420
- championship 172
- scar 356
- chatham 1
- disapproval 145
- intensities 2
- hand over 54
- for example 28
- wanker 56
- nailer 4
- waiter 310
- lumpectomy 2
- cantonese 25
- Bill 116
- puzzle 302
- genus 70
- naive 20
- opposite 305
- elicit 42
- orbit 366
- blame 364
- sideboard 70
- slam 376
- midfield 2
- Mileage 56
- Follow 147
- diagnosis 177
- Clear 71
- insincerity 2
- meccano 4
- woeful 81
- ess 5
- pg 5
- elaborate 389
- obvious 289
- Ear 142
- Shrewd 17
- hiatus 120
- request 360
- address 436
- alabama 3
- overcautiously 4
- auditory 82
- ey 3
- icu 6
- hippodromic 2
- parsimonious 49
- combustious 2
- morphology 47
- hoarding 1
- crude 311
- bitmap 74
- griddle 93
- materiel 2
- Gaffe 56
- muir 34
- mine 191
- bed 55
- exiler 3
- Inaugurate 129
- Catherine wheel 26
- commotion 168
- paywall 3
- fabric 375
- drama 288
- pebbly 3
- mainsail 2
- globe-trotter 37
- flaxy 15
- artificial respiration 41
- doctorly 23
- conditioned 43
- barman 100
- Hazy 55
- advance 391
- appraisal 99
- mealy 120
- pentahydric 5
- Masonite 2
- fraudful 2
- Overseas 83
- cultured 45
- Shipment 137
- frogged 3
- happily 102
- millibar 1
- ovoid 5
- proceed 365
- dragoon 37
- cucumber 374
- Elderly 89
- repeal 39
- matchmaker 5
- Injustice 111
- grey 335
- hunting 141
- excuse 155
- oligarch 1
- inadvertency 1
- supplement 333
- curling 54
- device 382
- rite 36
- doxy 4
- license 516
- Lose 144
- jewishness 4
- fire station 38
- copy editor 42
- clash 170
- crochet 57
- adsorber 4
- blitzkrieg 45
- confessionary 24
- autobiography 324
- immeasurable 73
- memo 79
- coconut milk 34
- apology 349
- headquarters 295
- air force 51
- pariah 14
- Decrease 146
- preserving 55
- deepen 271
- paradoxology 4
- At the present time 27
- tax 372
- benjamin 2
- oasis 64
- Emperor 104
- brogue 45
- sad 167
- world war 66
- undergraduate 317
- inoffensive 4
- spear 353
- brush up 38
- unapologetic 1
- primarily 288
- milkman 2
- palmistry 2
- dreg 39
- gawky 106
- consecutive 129
- congratulate 286
- delegation 285
- pashto 4
- arbitrary 285
- Stared 21
- like 161
- anorexia 27
- immutable 112
- hoppings 4
- widow 341
- clambake 49
- clearing 48
- Subsidiary 283
- evade 111
- beluga 3
- solicitation 103
- curacao 3
- gleam 113
- chucklesome 2
- algicide 4
- carp 49
- handmaid 5
- analytical 62
- ski 340
- absorbed 48
- relaxing 98
- Dedication 111
- discharge 309
- pro 100
- leaflet 3
- ophthalmology 4
- property 357
- decantation 17
- pill 332
- corruptible 32
- fleshpots 53
- cholesterol 74
- assoc 1
- Shade 62
- proprietress 99
- knitted 2
- exert 299
- dreamworld 4
- foreseeability 27
- frame 336
- urologist 8
- osmosis 4
- too 45
- Salutary 30
- relief 347
- Retention 79
- shear 287
- humorist 3
- keep 138
- Impossible 43
- margaret 5
- henhouse 4
- Raise 94
- Uncharacteristically 26
- alfred 6
- Immediately 109
- reality 356
- distance 349
- Horace 3
- october 3
- schlep 92
- ornithology 2
- Austria 72
- Boost 122
- humoured 3
- population 315
- ingeniousnesses 20
- derring-do 33
- gang 319
- Sexual 46
- anc 3
- first offender 25
- Visa 130
- bedroom 123
- dowager 46
- knowledge 323
- lumberman 4
- Misuse 90
- apparently 92
- biriani 22
- disquiet 36
- assault course 33
- lady 327
- lenis 4
- blouse 58
- repulsive 159
- onboard 4
- permissible 24
- perfect 119
- pager 2
- evaporate 302
- kora 4
- Danish pastry 42
- nil 146
- instantness 3
- bulb 270
- Merciless 36
- expansible 21
- climaxless 20
- pigeonry 3
- partied 2
- sun 123
- fatten 38
- organ 350
- ibs 5
- watercolour 14
- Enquiry 70
- gymnasium 280
- ovulate 5
- gold dust 29
- afloat 148
- kwic 3
- unseen 102
- pampered 3
- carbonated 35
- quote 468
- Nomadic 40
- ivy 5
- Deliver 107
- hiccupping 2
- color 303
- blurb 115
- forelock 139
- far from 29
- mn 5
- avalanche 94
- gentleman 329
- mucking 3
- eric 2
- writer 350
- centrifugal 17
- annoyed 102
- hokeyness 2
- Pressing 81
- feared 32
- imbed 1
- loosen up 43
- polarity 122
- -ide 5
- sizable 50
- madame 4
- grid 30
- Bowl 33
- expansive 44
- papua 2
- coop 67
- Gem 56
- novelish 3
- bicep 4
- Sec 30
- acyclic 4
- sphere 333
- insular 5
- denier 37
- Cloth 68
- hod 2
- cookshop 2
- flasher 35
- nos 4
- tier 144
- embroider 54
- Claim 132
- cord 338
- parochial 122
- chaises longues 20
- fecund 48
- lop 4
- buck 142
- mooch 4
- continually 50
- Fair 143
- Latin 280
- backseat 2
- the chattering classes 24
- wilful 8
- unsatisfactory 286
- stormy 236
- rejoicing 2
- Serious 105
- excess 316
- Programming 65
- icbm 1
- organism 346
- gib 6
- Reactionary 128
- leukemia 161
- duck 337
- appeal 339
- cutoff 61
- logan 3
- cray 4
- centenarianism 4
- Bottom 115
- minesweeper 1
- Hubbub 49
- dinghies 17
- asbestosis 7
- nonoperational 3
- overeaten 3
- microelectronics 3
- Palestinian 15
- fullness 140
- chefdom 3
- enormous 421
- cramped 85
- mos 3
- nonfiction 5
- heterozygous 2
- POLARIZE 20
- Cinematic 82
stalemate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural stalemates
plural stalemates
Learner's definition of STALEMATE
1
: a contest, dispute, competition, etc., in which neither side can gain an advantage or win（比赛、竞赛、辩论等中的）僵持，僵局
[count]
- The budget debate ended in a stalemate.财政预算的辩论以僵局告终。
- The new agreement could break the stalemate.这项新的协议可能打破僵局。
[noncount]
- The budget debate ended in stalemate.财政预算的辩论以僵局告终。
2
[count, noncount] : a situation in chess in which a player cannot successfully move any of the pieces and neither player can win（国际象棋）和棋 — compare checkmate
- The game ended in (a) stalemate.这场比赛以和棋告终。
— stalemate
verb stalemates; stalemated; stalemating [+ object]- He was stalemated by the opposition.他与对手僵持不下。
stale·mate ˈstāl-ˌmāt 
stalemated; stalemating; stalemates
: to bring into a stalemate
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun The budget debate ended in a stalemate. The new agreement could break the stalemate. The budget debate ended in stalemate.
Recent Examples on the Web
Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 This stalemate could finally be broken by modern technology, as remote sensors and artificial intelligence turn the natural world into one big laboratory. Richard Lea, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 As this stalemate stretches into September, some Waters Elementary parents are concerned about the future of the program — which drew many of them to the Ravenswood Gardens school in the first place. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022 The king’s visit comes at a politically fraught moment in Northern Ireland, amid a political stalemate that has seen the breakdown of a power-sharing agreement between unionist and nationalist parties on either side of the sectarian divide. Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 The stalemate pits two of Biden’s top priorities against each other. Tyler Pager, Lauren Kaori Gurley And Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022 Following the election stalemate, local investors were hesitant to lend to the new government. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2022 Eastern Michigan University's faculty union voted Tuesday night to strike as contract talks reached a stalemate, the union announced Tuesday night. David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2022 The result nonetheless has been a monthslong stalemate in the Senate, delaying aid that White House officials have described as critical. Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022 Meg Kinnard, ajc, 20 July 2022 Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress. Alan Fram, ajc, 12 June 2022 Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress. Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022 That’s because they are either controlled politically by Republicans who oppose gun restrictions or are politically divided, leading to stalemate. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 The Emergency Board, composed of 13 Democrats and seven Republicans, had stalemated in April over plans to give those same hospitals millions in zero-interest loans. oregonlive, 6 June 2020 The diplomacy has been stalemated for months, with North Korea pressing the United States to make concessions by year’s end. Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019 For months, the LNA and the militias have been locked in fierce clashes on Tripoli’s southern outskirts, with the fighting mostly stalemated. Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019 After coming to office vowing to solve two very different nuclear crises, President Trump finds himself in a bind familiar to his predecessors: careening toward a confrontation with Iran and stalemated with North Korea. David E. Sanger, New York Times, 17 June 2019 See More
Noun
Putin can most quickly address the disquiet at home by halting Ukrainian advances and returning to the relative stalemate that proved an effective pressure point on Kyiv and its Western allies. Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 This stalemate could finally be broken by modern technology, as remote sensors and artificial intelligence turn the natural world into one big laboratory. Richard Lea, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 As this stalemate stretches into September, some Waters Elementary parents are concerned about the future of the program — which drew many of them to the Ravenswood Gardens school in the first place. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022 The king’s visit comes at a politically fraught moment in Northern Ireland, amid a political stalemate that has seen the breakdown of a power-sharing agreement between unionist and nationalist parties on either side of the sectarian divide. Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 The stalemate pits two of Biden’s top priorities against each other. Tyler Pager, Lauren Kaori Gurley And Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022 Following the election stalemate, local investors were hesitant to lend to the new government. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2022 Eastern Michigan University's faculty union voted Tuesday night to strike as contract talks reached a stalemate, the union announced Tuesday night. David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2022 The result nonetheless has been a monthslong stalemate in the Senate, delaying aid that White House officials have described as critical. Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022 Verb
The six commissioners — three Democrats and three Republicans — frequently stalemate along party lines, resulting in dismissals of cases. Meg Kinnard, ajc, 20 July 2022 Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress. Alan Fram, ajc, 12 June 2022 Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress. Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022 That’s because they are either controlled politically by Republicans who oppose gun restrictions or are politically divided, leading to stalemate. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 The Emergency Board, composed of 13 Democrats and seven Republicans, had stalemated in April over plans to give those same hospitals millions in zero-interest loans. oregonlive, 6 June 2020 The diplomacy has been stalemated for months, with North Korea pressing the United States to make concessions by year’s end. Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019 For months, the LNA and the militias have been locked in fierce clashes on Tripoli’s southern outskirts, with the fighting mostly stalemated. Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019 After coming to office vowing to solve two very different nuclear crises, President Trump finds himself in a bind familiar to his predecessors: careening toward a confrontation with Iran and stalemated with North Korea. David E. Sanger, New York Times, 17 June 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
obsolete English stale stalemate (from Middle English, from Anglo-French estaler to stalemate, from estal station, position) + English mate entry 1 — more at installment entry 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of stalemate was in 1765 noun
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文