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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Increasing numbers of indie filmmakers are getting their projects made, which is causing a logjam in distribution, said panelists at the International Film Financing Conference here.
  越来越多的独立制片人获得他们的号码是项目取得的，这是造成分配的僵局，与会人士表示，在国际电影融资会议在这里。
• But the logjam has to be broken.
  但必须打破僵局。
• However, during the process of incorporation, more and more obstacles causing by system, conflicts and their own benefits resulted in slowness or logjam of incorporation.
  然而，在两市经济一体化推进过程中，越来越多的体制性障碍和两市间利益冲突凸现出来，致使一些方面进展缓慢，甚至停滞不前，影响了西咸经济一体化的快速推进。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are counting on warmer bilateral ties to help break a logjam for US investment banks trying to expand their businesses in China, while also helping to smooth the approvals process for mergers and acquisitions, say the dealmakers.
  交易撮合者表示，他们正指望回暖的双边关系，能帮助试图在中国扩展业务的美国投资银行打破僵局，同时帮助清除收购审批方面的障碍。