1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;

   "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
   

2. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check

1. subject to a stalemate

1.僵局;僵持
stalemate is a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible.

stalemate是什么意思

e.g. President Bush has ended thestalemate over moves to cut the country's budget deficit...
布什总统已结束了在削减国家预算赤字的措施上形成的僵局。
e.g. He said the war had reached astalemate and that a political accord was the only solution.
他说战争已陷入僵局，政治协议是唯一的解决办法。

2.(国际象棋的)和棋
In chess,stalemate is a position in which a player cannot make any move which is allowed by the rules, so that the game ends and no one wins.

1. 无子可动：英文版的,玩了几天感觉还不错,特推荐给喜欢玩西洋棋的朋友. 游戏界面可以在2D和3D之间转换,我个人比较喜欢2D界面. 和棋在西洋棋内,无子可动(stalemate)属和棋. 如下图轮到黑方,黑王就不能走动:

2. 使无法动棋子：stalemate 使停顿 |stalemate 使无法动棋子 |stalemate 陷于困境

• I reached a stalemate with the New York City Opera.

  出自：Opera Now