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impasse 音标拼音: [ɪmp'æs] ['ɪmp ,æs] n. 难局,僵局,死路,死胡同 难局,僵局,死路,死胡同 impasse n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; " reached an impasse on the negotiations" [ synonym: { deadlock}, { dead end}, { impasse}, { stalemate}, { standstill}] 2: a street with only one way in or out [ synonym: { blind alley}, { cul de sac}, { dead- end street}, { impasse}] Impasse \ Im` passe"\ ([ a^] N` p[ aum] s"; E. [ i^] m* p[. a] s"), n. [ F.] An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul- de- sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape. The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. -- Arnold White. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " impasse": bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, box, cecum, choking, choking off, clog, congestion, constipation, corner, costiveness, cul- de- sac, dead end, dead- end street, deadlock, dilemma, embolism, embolus, extremity, fix, gorge, halt, hole, impediment, infarct, infarction, jam, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, pickle, plight, pocket, scrape, sealing off, stalemate, stand, stand- off, standstill, stop, stoppage, strangulation
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