原级：stalemate
stalemated
第三人称单数：stalemates
第三人称复数：stalemates
现在分词：stalemating
1. Jin asked the Japanese leaders to convert their oral commitments to actions so that a breakthrough is possible in the stalemated relationship.
2. Public opinion in this country has become increasingly divided over American participation in the stalemated war.
3. International investors are looking at a country where a stalemated political process had put meaningful domestic reform on hold for quite some time.
4. NATO has stepped up its military and diplomatic pressure on Gadhafi's regime this week in an effort to jolt the stalemated operation.
5. Abdul announced last Tuesday she was leaving as an " Idol " judge following stalemated contract talks with Fox and the show's producers.
6. Israel's stance puts the already stalemated Middle East " roadmap " at the point of collapse, which will inevitably bring about more vengeance.
7. stalemated
7. There is no sign the Bush administration would agree to that, and negotiations appear to be stalemated.
8. Negotiations over the gas sales were stalemated as PetroChina and customers could not agree on the gas prices.
adj
1. at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
e.g. the chess game ended with white stalemated
the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits
Synonym: deadlocked