impasse

1 Charter customers were particularly hard-hit by the Dodger channel impasse because they had limited options.

2 One answer to our family impasse is an open dialogue, a frank exchange of feelings and a willingness for collective compromise.

3 These new books offer “a way to think through the seemingly insurmountable impasse carved out by political polarization and fake news,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes.

4 The blame for this impasse falls mostly on Republicans.

共和党人应承担造成此僵局的主要责任。

5 Alex hits a momentary emotional impasse: either destroy something or destroy himself.

6 I fret about aging, career impasses, my young adult children, global warming, my 401K, and the possibility of dementia.

7 The impasse reportedly figured into the dismissal of the city’s film liaison.

8 And when we do, it’s not like we hit an impasse, where I say “Well, my Canadian comedy school teaches me this should happen.”

9 As the group decides to stage a production about “honor killings” — filicides of lovers who dare cross caste and religious lines — creative differences become political battles, and romantic tiffs become ideological impasses.

10 She demanded the return of federal funds that had subsidized the program; PBS decided to stop distributing the episode, heading off the impasse.

11 Without any knowledge of the probability of there being various amounts of money in the envelopes, there is no way out of this impasse.

12 She couldn’t provide the workers present with much more than that because of the impasse between her party’s leadership and Trump.

13 Because I had presented him with a unique problem — not a person who was unable to access the link, but a person who refused to — we remained at an impasse for several minutes.

14 Starting from nothing but their imagination, the 70s German groups continue to offer a third way: a long, straight road out of this cultural impasse.

15 Fortunately, the planet has not yet reached that impasse.

幸运地是, 我们的星球还未达到那样的僵局.

16 Discussions about censorship often lead to an impasse, and of course much depends on who is doing the banning and for what reasons.

17 Then they were silent, each quite vividly aware that they had reached an impasse.

18 Some have come to test themselves; others for true spiritual exploration; one because she has reached a personal impasse and doesn’t know what to do next.

19 When no deal was reached, federation members authorized the strike, saying they were following through on a promise to hit the picket lines if the impasse continued.

20 This summer, as acrimonious contract negotiations between the administration and the unionized workers reached a bitter impasse, the possibility of a lockout that could threaten the season was all too real.

1 难局

knot morass

2 僵局

deadlock stalemate gridlock logjam log-jam cul-de-sac checkmate blind alley stand-off bottleneck standoff dead end icejam

3 死巷

court cul-de-sac dead end street close pocket

4 死胡同

cul-de-sac

5 死路

cul-de-sac

6 停顿

stand interval halt standstill tie-up interregnum log-jam break pause hesitate

7 进退维谷

dilemma pickle nonplus in a box coming and going have a wolf by the ears in a nice fix in a cleft stick

8 绝境

corner dead end abyss blind alley extremity cul-de-sac precipice serbonian hole bay slough rattrap