gridlock

noun

1. 市区交通大堵塞
   a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all
2. 僵局（因意见分歧而无法采取行动）
   a situation in which people with different opinions are not able to agree with each other and so no action can be taken
   1. Congress is in gridlock.
      国会因意见分歧而陷入僵局。

1. N-UNCOUNT 交通瘫痪；交通大堵塞
   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.
   1. The streets are wedged solid with near-constant traffic gridlock.
      交通堵塞丝毫不见缓解，街道被堵得水泄不通。
2. N-UNCOUNT 僵局
   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.
   1. He agreed that these policies will lead to gridlock in the future.
      他认为这些政策将来会导致僵局。

1. The streets are wedged solid with near-constant traffic gridlock.
   交通堵塞丝毫不见缓解，街道被堵得水泄不通。
2. He agreed that these policies will lead to gridlock in the future.
   他认为这些政策将来会导致僵局。
3. Japan has done nothing to ease political gridlock and fix its debt problem.
   日本没有就缓解政治僵局并解决债务问题而实现任何进展。
4. We recognize that keystone has been caught up in political gridlock in this country.
   我们知道Keystone项目已在美国陷入了政治僵局。
5. This reflects our growing polarisation, and government gridlock at all levels.
   这反映出我们的两极分化日益严重，而且各级政府正陷入僵局。
6. However, gridlock in Washington has made it very difficult to overhaul the tax code.
   然而，华盛顿出现的僵局使得其很难彻底修订税法。
7. The strategy of obstruction, gridlock and delay was soundly rejected by the American people.
   他说：美国人民坚决拒绝了阻挠、僵滞和拖延的策略。
8. Those CEOs-like Schultz and Occupy Wall Street-are also upset about gridlock.
   这些首席执行官们与舒尔茨和占领华尔街的人士一样，也对华盛顿的政治僵局感到心烦。
9. Political gridlock is one of the reasons for the muted recovery.
   政治僵局是复苏不温不火的原因之一。
10. This is a nationwide movement to promote environmental health, and alleviate gridlock.
    这是一个全国性的运动目的是为了促进环境健康和减轻交通堵塞。
11. The upshot is that the current gridlock in Congress will soon get much worse.
    结果是，目前国会出现的僵局将很快变得更为严重。
12. But the cyber hackers and terrorists are not waiting about, amid this political gridlock.
    但网络黑客和恐怖分子不会在政治僵局中等待。
13. More would have come, but the organisers insisted on widening the corridors after last year's gridlock.
    将来还会有更多，但是组办单位坚持加宽会场的通道以利通行，因为有上年的交通堵塞为前车之鉴。
14. Welcome to the policy gridlock of Chimerica.
    欢迎来到“中美国”（chimerica）的政策僵局。
15. The push and pull Americans saw in Washington these past few weeks was not gridlock.
    过去几周美国人看到的华盛顿的胶着局面并不是僵局。
16. Complaints of political gridlock and vested interests are not unusual, but it is surprising when it is Washington insiders levelling such criticism at China.
    有关政治僵局和既得利益的抱怨没什么不寻常，但是，当华盛顿圈内人士对中国提出这样的批评时，就让人意外了。
17. They voted for gridlock in Washington. That is what they will most likely get.
    他们对美国政府的僵局投了赞成票，而这就是他们最有可能得到的结果。
18. Its credit rating has been downgraded and Washington is in a state of permanent political gridlock.
    美国的信用评级已被下调，美国政府正陷入长期的政治僵局。
19. Locked into our automobiles, we prefer gridlock to giving way.
    坐在自己的汽车里，我们宁愿堵塞交通也不愿给人让路。
20. Pundits have asked how "American" companies will react to fiscal gridlock.
    专家们则提出了“美国”企业将对当前财政僵局作何反应的问题。
21. Gridlock in the US Senate on Saturday as the body debated Iraq strategy.
    星期六就伊拉克主体战略研讨争论，美国参议院陷入僵局。
22. The way out of this dilemma is to avoid gridlock in the first place.
    要想摆脱这种两难境地，首先应该避免出现僵局。
23. And there is no reason to think that gridlock rules that out.
    不过，认为目前的僵局会使这种努力不可能实现是毫无理由的。
24. For every tale of woe about gridlock in Washington there is a story of American enterprise and ingenuity.
    每一个讲述华盛顿陷入僵局的不幸故事，都对应着一个讲述美国进取心和独创性的故事。
25. So the emergence of parliamentary-style parties in America is a formula for "wilful obstruction" and gridlock.
    所以美国出现了这种议会制形态的政党，下场就只能是“蓄意阻挠”和僵局。
26. But gridlock does not have a statistically significant correlation with superior market returns, as the chart shows.
    但正如图表所显示的那样，僵局与优异的市场回报之间并没有具备统计意义的重大关联。
27. With the stakes so high we simply cannot afford the same old gridlock and partisan posturing in Washington.
    因为风险很高，所以我们根本不能承受华盛顿特区过去的那些僵局和党派之争。
28. In particular, the all-important payment systems were able to remain in operation without failure or gridlock.
    尤其，至关重要的支付系统能继续如常运作，没有发生故障或出现堵塞的情况。
29. Lima is far from alone among Latin American cities with exasperating traffic congestion and near-complete gridlock on major thoroughfares.
    利马远离中只有令人恼火的拉丁美洲的城市交通拥挤和堵塞near-complete在主要的大道。
30. Is gridlock really good for investors?
    僵局真的对投资者有利吗？

noun

1. a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible