deadlock

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dead·lock [deadlock deadlocks deadlocked deadlocking] BrE [ˈdedlɒk] NAmE [ˈdedlɑːk] noun
1. singular, uncountable a complete failure to reach agreement or settle an argument
Syn: ↑stalemate
•European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.
• (BrE)The strike appeared to have reached deadlock.
• (NAmE, BrE)The strike has reached a deadlock.
2. (BrE) (also dead·bolt NAmE, BrE)countable a type of lock on a door that needs a key to open or close it
Derived Word: ↑deadlocked
See also: ↑deadbolt

Example Bank:
•The government has called new talks in an attempt to break the deadlock over the issue of redundancy money.
•The negotiations ended in (a) deadlock.
•The negotiations were adjourned in deadlock last week.
•The strike appeared to have reached a deadlock.
•The summit called for an end to the deadlock in the peace talks.
•The two were in a deadlock.
•an attempt to break the deadlock over the issue of pay
•the deadlock between striking workers and their employer

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill