stalemate

n. 僵持状态,陷于困境,胶著状况
v. 使无法动棋子,使停顿,使陷入困境

Negotiations have reached (a) stalemate.

谈判陷入了僵局.

Any solution [to Soviet economic malaise], however, is hostage to the crisis of authority, creating a catch-22 stalemate between perestroika and glasnost, between economics and politics: any measure to shore up the economy only fans public anger and reduces the authority of the Government.

不过，任何解决[苏联经济失调]办的法都受到权力危机的影响，在改革与开放，经济与政治之间产生一种自相矛盾僵持不下的情况：任何振兴经济的办法不过煽起民众的忿怒并损及政府威信而已。