stalemate

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

stalemates

1.
(countable, uncountable)(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
2.
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

stalemates

V_ing/Gerund

stalemating

V_ed/pp

stalemated

1.
(transitive)(chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.

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stalematercheck checkmatecheck, checkmate

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From stale + mate.