stalemate

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

stalemate UK US [ˈsteɪl.meɪt] noun countable or uncountable [ stalemates ]
1. a situation in which neither group involved in an argument can win or get an advantage and no action can be taken
• Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
• Despite long discussions, the workers and the management remain locked in stalemate.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences ↑Accidents and disasters
2. in chess, a position in which one player is unable to move, but their king is not being attacked, which means that neither of the two players wins
Compare checkmate
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Chess

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  deadlock, dead end, impasse, standstill