impasse
                
          英 [?m'pɑ?s; '?mpɑ?s]
美 ['?mp?s]
        
                
        
                
                中文詞源
        
        impasse 僵局來自法語,詞源同impassable,不能通行的。引申詞義僵局。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - impasse (n.)
- 1851, "blind alley," from French impasse "impassable road, blind alley, impasse," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Middle French passe "a passing," from passer "to pass" (see pass (v.)). Supposedly coined by Voltaire as a euphemism for cul de sac. Figurative use also from 1851.
雙語例句
        
        - 1. The proposal offered both sides a way out of the diplomatic impasse. 
- 這一提議使雙方都能擺脫外交僵局.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 2. It remained for Mr Parkhill to break through the impasse. 
- 只有等待帕克希爾先生來打破僵局了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 3. The government had reached an impasse. 
- 政府陷入絕境.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 4. I see no way out of this impasse. 
- 我無法走出這一困境.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 5. Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse. 
- 談判似乎已經陷入僵局.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》