Putin's endgame: Will it be stalemate, nuclear war — or regime change in Moscow?From the headline of this article at Salon.
上記の文で、stalemateの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does “stalemate” mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
2番の訳にあるように、チェス用語でこれが語源です。
- 〔交渉などの〕行き詰まり、こう着状態
- 《チェス》ステイルメイト◆他に動かす駒がなく、かつキングがチェック(王手)されていないのに合法的な正規着手ができないために、ルールにより引き分けとなる状態。
- 《囲碁》関
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:
- a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
- a drawn contest: DEADLOCK
Examples
- The budget debate ended in a stalemate.
- The new agreement could break the stalemate.
- Despite long discussions, the workers and the management remain locked in stalemate.
- Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
- Ukraine refused Russian demands to surrender Mariupol Monday, with the besieged port city the focal point of a war that has reached a brutal stalemate but kept fueling a devastating humanitarian crisis. — NBC News, 21 Mar. 2022
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