Stalemate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.和棋局面, 僵局
• ［英］ n.和棋局面, 僵局 ( a drawn contest; deadlock)
• ［类］ clog : drainage / stalemate : negotiations ( 阻塞使排水无法进行 / 僵局使谈判无法进行)
• ［记］ 组合词: stale ( 无用的) ＋mate ( 将死对方的棋) -> 将不死 -> 和棋

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: obsolete English stale stalemate (from Middle English, from Anglo-French estaler to stalemate, from estal station, position) + English ［sup］1［/sup］mate — more at installment
• Date: 1765
• 1. a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
• 2. a drawn contest ; deadlock; also the state of being stalemated

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1765
• to bring into a stalemate

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