checkmate

noun

1. 将死；输棋
   a position in which one player cannot prevent his or her king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game
2. 败局；败北；彻底战败
   a situation in which sb has been completely defeated

1. (国际象棋中的)将死，绝杀
   In chess, checkmate is a situation in which you cannot stop your king being captured and so you lose the game.

1. Some people have said that it is checkmate before it started, said David Bank, a media analyst at RBC Capital Markets. But it is really, really early days.
   有些人说这从一开始就是一场死局，RBC资本市场的分析师大卫·班克（DavidBank）说，但现在这样说真的为时过早。
2. You will be checkmate in the next move.
   你在下一手里会被将死。
3. The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.
   王象棋中主要的棋子，可以向任何方向移动一个方格，但必须保护它不被将死。
4. In life unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
   生活不像下棋，突破后，仍在继续。
5. The object in a chess game is to checkmate the opponent's king, a piece whose mobility is limited.
   下国际象棋的主要目的就是将对方机动性受到限制的“王”将死。
6. Whichever way you play, it will be checkmate in three moves.
   不管你怎么下，三步以后就会被将死了。
7. With only six thousand troops to face an enemy fifteen times the size of his own in fire power and number, Liu appeared in a position of almost checkmate.
   以区区六千人的部队，面对不论兵力和火力都比自己大十五倍的强敌，看来刘伯承几乎处于绝境。
8. A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.
   下棋中直接进攻对方的。国王。但并没有彻底将死的一着。
9. A game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king.
   两个人玩的一种棋类游戏；根据特殊的规则移动自己的16个棋子，目的是将死对方。
10. If we stick to that we ought to be able to arrange this sex thing, as we arrange going to the dentist; since fate has given us a checkmate physically there.
    命运已经不幸地把我们的肉体关系斩断了，我们只要能够维持着结婚的基本东西，这性的问题我想中可以容易解结的&不见得比找牙种医生治牙更难解决的。
11. Whoever gets a knockout or a checkmate first wins-it's the ultimate combination of brain and brawn!
    第一个击败对方或者将死对方的人获胜&这个脑力和肌肉的终极结合。
12. So if speculation Mission here, and doomed to checkmate, who can not afford waves.
    所以说炒楼团若来到这里，注定大败而归，掀不起大的风浪。
13. Check, checkmate in three moves.
    将军，三步之内将死。
14. Monkey: I believe that's checkmate.
    我相信现在我要将军了。
15. Perhaps Black didn't take this left checkmate into consideration
    可能黑方没把这步左边的将军考虑到

  defeat beat checkmate【导航词义：战胜】

  defeat v. 击败，战胜

〔辨析〕常指在战争、比赛、竞争等中战胜对手。

  beat v. 打败，战胜

〔辨析〕作此义解时，常可与 defeat 换用。

  checkmate v. 使败北；将死

〔辨析〕指彻底战败对手等；在国际象棋中也指把国王将死。

noun

1. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

   Synonym:    mate

2. complete victory

verb

1. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
   1. Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

   Synonym:    mate