解释
- n. 僵局;死路
※ 提供单词"impasse"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
impasse 僵局
来自法语,词源同impassable,不能通行的。引申词义僵局。
英文词源
- 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.
例句和用法
- 1. The proposal offered both sides a way out of the diplomatic impasse.
- 这一提议使双方都能摆脫外交僵局.
- 2. It remained for Mr Parkhill to break through the impasse.
- 只有等待帕克希尔先生来打破僵局了.
- 3. The government had reached an impasse.
- 政府陷入绝境.
- 4. I see no way out of this impasse.
- 我无法走出这一困境.
- 5. Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.
- 谈判似乎已经陷入僵局.
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