学个词Learn a Word 第1536-deadlock

  今天我们要学的词是deadlock¹. Deadlock is spelled d-e-a-d-l-o-c-k, deadlock. Deadlock的意思是“僵局，停顿”。Iran and six other world powers blamed each other for the deadlock at talks on Tehran's nuclear program. 伊朗核项目谈判陷入僵局，伊拉克和另外六个大国为此相互指责。Party leaders in the US Congress will try to break the deadlock over a transportation construction bill. 美国国会的政党领袖们将尽力打破两党在一个交通建筑法案上的僵局。Political parties in Egypt have agreed on how to select the 100-member panel that will write the country's new constitution, ending weeks of deadlock. 埃及各政党就100名新宪法起草者的产生方式达成协议，结束了在这个问题上几个星期以来的僵局。好，今天我们学习的词是deadlock, deadlock, deadlock...

1 deadlock   

n.僵局，僵持

参考例句：

• The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
• The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。