stalemate

名词 stalemate:

1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
   同义词：deadlock, dead end, impasse, standstill
2. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check

动词 stalemate:

1. subject to a stalemate

1. Any solution [to Soviet economic malaise], however, is hostage to the crisis of authority, creating a catch-22 stalemate between perestroika and glasnost, between economics and politics: any measure to shore up the economy only fans public anger and reduces the authority of the Government.
   不过，任何解决[苏联经济失调]办的法都受到权力危机的影响，在改革与开放，经济与政治之间产生一种自相矛盾僵持不下的情况：任何振兴经济的办法不过煽起民众的忿怒并损及政府威信而已。
2. Negotiations have reached (a) stalemate.
   谈判陷入了僵局。