impasse
英 [æmˈpæs]
美 [ˈɪm.pæs]
将“impasse”拆解为“im”和“pass”,其中“im”暗示“不”,而“pass”代表“通过”。记忆方法可以这样构建:想象你在一个无法通过的“impassable”(不可通过)的路上,这就是到达“impasse”(僵局)的情景。
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impasse 僵局来自法语,词源同impassable,不能通行的。引申词义僵局。
- 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.
- 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.