gridlock

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈɡrɪd.lɒk]
• 美式音标 [ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.极端严重的全面交通堵塞(无车能动)；僵局
• vt.使交通阻塞；使陷入僵局

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• America faces gridlock between the White House and Congress.
  美国则面临白宫与国会之间的僵局。
• "If there is any lesson to draw from these past few weeks, it is that we are not doomed to endless gridlock," said Obama.
  他在白宫对记者说：“如果说可以从过去几个星期汲取什么教训的话，那就是我们并不是注定会有无休止的僵局。
• Our time is running out before this gridlock, this refusal by the other side to move even an inch toward compromise becomes a decision to default on our debt.
  我们的时间就快没了，在这种僵局、在这一提案被另一方否决后我们向妥协方案迈进一英寸之前，债务违约或将成为现实。

原声例句

• Senator Kennedy also asked for support for the cause of his life, "that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every American.
• The political gridlock is drawing concern that the protest over the restoration of senior judges could further weaken a government already struggling to deal with the country's faltering economy and a strengthening Taliban insurgency.

权威例句

• This is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in Washington.
  WHITEHOUSE: Weekly Address: Making Your Voice Heard on the American Jobs Act The White House

词组短语

短语

• policy gridlock 政策僵局
• Gridlock Buster 交通号志管理员
• partisan gridlock 党派混乱
• Diamond GridLock 代购美国专柜
• Gridlock Details 瘫痪详情

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a situation where roads in a town become so blocked by cars that it is impossible for any traffic to move

柯林斯英英字典

• Gridlock is the situation that exists when all the roads in a particular place are so full of vehicles that none of them can move.
• You can use gridlock to refer to a situation in an argument or dispute when neither side is prepared to give in, so no agreement can be reached.