Stalemate is a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible.
例句
President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit...布什总统已结束了在削减国家预算赤字的措施上形成的僵局。He said the war had reached a stalemate and that a political accord was the only solution.他说战争已陷入僵局，政治协议是唯一的解决办法。
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(国际象棋的)和棋
In chess, stalemate is a position in which a player cannot make any move which is allowed by the rules, so that the game ends and no one wins.