stalemates
n．僵局，和棋：在国际象棋中，指一方无法进行合法移动，但又未被将死的局面；在其他竞争或冲突中，指双方陷入无法取得优势的僵持状态。
v．使陷入僵局：使双方陷入无法取得优势的僵持状态。
例句
How, then, do the academics explain the endless stalemates in Congress?
那么，对于国会上演的无休止的对峙该如何作出学术上的解释？
Chess matches can go on for months as draws, stalemates, and zugzwangs pile up.
象棋比赛可以拖上几个月，像平局、僵局和迫移。
The Rossoneri were kept out by Siena at the San Siro, as the goal drought continued after the stalemates with Livorno and Lille.
红黑军团在圣西罗被西耶纳顽抗在球门之外，延续了对利沃诺和里尔的进球荒。
