logjam

英 [ˈlɒɡdʒæm]

美 [ˈlɔːɡdʒæm]

n.  (河面上)漂浮原木造成的阻塞; (因事情太多造成的)困境，僵局

复数：logjams　

GRE

BNC.45752 / COCA.23748

牛津词典

noun

• （河面上）漂浮原木造成的阻塞
  a mass of logs floating on a river, that are blocking it
• （因事情太多造成的）困境，僵局
  a difficult situation in which you cannot make progress easily because there are too many things to do

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 僵局；困局；死局
  To break thelogjammeans to change or deal with a difficult situation which has existed for a long time.
  1. A new initiative was needed to break the logjam.
     要打破僵局，就需要采取新的行动。

英英释义

noun

• an immovable mass of logs blocking a river
• any stoppage attributable to unusual activity
  1. the legislation ran into a logjam

双语例句

• The intercourse between Fujian and Taiwan occurred as early as Han Dynasty, but remained in a logjam for long time.
  福建与台湾两地早在汉代就开始了交往，但是却长期处于停滞状态。
• Permit approval would be the first advance for the plan since 2006, and would demonstrate Mr. Abe's ability to break a logjam that has foiled numerous predecessors.
  如果填埋获得批准，将是美军基地搬迁计划2006年来首次取得进展，并证明安倍晋三有能力打破这一已困扰多位前任的僵局。
• In an effort to break the logjam in the Senate, Senator Miller and Republican Senator Phil Gramm have taken the lead in crafting a bipartisan alternative to the current flawed Senate bill.
  为了打破目前在参议院的僵局，参议员Miller和共和党议员PhilGramm已经牵头起草两党联合法案以替代目前错误的法案。
• But the logjam has to be broken.
  但必须打破僵局。
• The experience of the early 1970s suggests that once the logjam has been broken and imbalances reduced, the Americans and the Chinese can focus on North Korea, Iran and other contentious issues.
  上世纪70年代初的经验告诉我们，一旦僵局被打破，失衡得到减轻，中美两国就可以将精力集中到朝鲜、伊朗及其它有争议的问题上。
• One negative outcome of this logjam has been an inability to effectively confront inflation or deflation both of which periodically threaten to break through ECB target levels.
  这样的僵局所产生的一个不利结果就是无法有效应对通胀或通缩&二者都时不时地作势要突破欧洲央行设定的目标水平。
• Instead of breaking the logjam, gridlock is spreading like an inkblot into US foreign policy.
  僵局不仅没有被打破，反而像墨水迹一样沁入美国的外交政策。
• That not only broke the meeting logjam, but also laid the foundation of the peace between Egypt and Israel.
  此举不但打破了中东和平的僵局，而且为最终实现埃以和平奠定了基础。
• It might sound preposterous but the only way out of this logjam is to pull back the manufacturing base out of China.
  现在的办法也许是荒谬可笑的，但现在解决僵局的唯一办法就是将制造业移出中国。
• With the deepening of the innovation, most countries try to smash the finance logjam which formed traditionally and seek resource collocation all around the world.
  随着变革的不断深化，许多国家都在试图打破传统金融的疆域，在世界范围内寻求金融资源配置。