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单词 gridlock
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gridlock
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡrɪd.lɒk/us
/ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk/
asituationwhereroadsin atownbecomesoblockedbycarsthat it isimpossiblefor anytraffictomove:
（市区）交通大堵塞
Acarbreakingdown atrushhourcouldcausegridlockacrosshalfthecity.在交通高峰时间，一辆车抛锚就可能使半个城市都陷入交通瘫痪。
asituationin which noprogresscan be made:
僵局
The Senatorrejectedargumentsthat hisplancouldproducelegislativegridlock.
More examples
  • Ibelieveourcitiesactuallyneed moretaxistobreakthe gridlock.
  • If it isfreeof gridlock theportcandevelopinto avaluablebusinessinfrastructuresupportingeconomicgrowth.
  • Hewarnedthat the union'sactioncouldresultin gridlockthroughoutthepublicsector.
  • Haiti'sSenatebrokealmostfourmonthsofpoliticalgridlock onThursday.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
On the road: traffic jams
  • back
  • backsomeoneup
  • backed up
  • bottleneck
  • bumper
  • congestion
  • gridlocked
  • high-traffic
  • jam
  • rasta roko
  • rush hour
  • snarl-up
  • sock
  • socksomething/someonein (with sb)
  • tail back
  • tailback
  • traffic
  • traffic calming
  • traffic jam
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Delaying and wasting time
gridlock
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɡrɪd.lɒk/us/ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk/
tocausearoadorareato be soblockedbytrafficthat it isimpossiblefor anyvehiclestomove:
Theaccidenthas gridlocked theentirefreeway.
Theprotestbytruckdriversaimedto gridlock thecountrytoforceconcessionsonfuelprices.
to put something or someone in asituationin which noprogresscan be made:
Theresultwould be todividethecountryand gridlock thegovernment.
More examples
  • Airportmanagersfearedthat afloodofprivatevehicleswith fewplacestoparkcould gridlock thelooproad.
  • Thespontaneouscelebrationsincludedaparadeofcarsthat gridlocked thecentreof thetown.
  • Downloading so manyhugefilesatoncecould gridlock theinternet.
  • Theywanttoavoidaconstitutionalbattlewhich would gridlock theCommonsforyears.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
On the road: traffic jams
  • back
  • backsomeoneup
  • backed up
  • bottleneck
  • bumper
  • congestion
  • gridlocked
  • high-traffic
  • jam
  • rasta roko
  • rush hour
  • snarl-up
  • sock
  • socksomething/someonein (with sb)
  • tail back
  • tailback
  • traffic
  • traffic calming
  • traffic jam
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Delaying and wasting time
(Definition ofgridlockfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
gridlock
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡrɪd.lɒk/us
/ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk/
asituationwhereroadsin atownbecomesoblockedbycarsthat it isimpossiblefor anytraffictomove
（市区）交通大堵塞
Acarbreakingdown atrushhourcouldcausegridlockacrosshalfthecity.在交通高峰时间，一辆车抛锚就可能使半个城市都陷入交通瘫痪。
asituationin which noprogresscan be made
僵局

gridlock| American Dictionary

gridlock
noun[U]
us
/ˈɡrɪdˌlɑk/
asituationwherestreetsthatmeetandcrossbecomesoblockedbycarsthat it isimpossiblefor anytraffictomove
(Definition ofgridlockfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgridlock

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Businesses were affected, homes were flooded and the city was gridlocked.
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I foresee that, this summer, it will be gridlocked, with cars unable to move in either direction.
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In addition, traffic congestion costs business £19 billion a year and our cities and towns are becoming gridlocked.
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We would give greater flexibility in the use of those hospital beds by preventing them from being gridlocked because of lack of provision elsewhere.
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We are gridlocked, as it were, on the negotiations.
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During the winter, there is less of a bottleneck, but the road is still gridlocked at many times of the day.
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Most towns and cities would be gridlocked.
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He said that roads were gridlocked.
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All this is a recipe for chaos andgridlockin national asylum systems.
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In addition, we want to find out, and many people outside want to understand, howgridlockwill be avoided.
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Without reform, we would be likely to see bureaucraticgridlockat 25.
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The shambles will be total andgridlockcomplete.
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If both the new authority and the mayor have power, political differences would meangridlock.
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In my view, that would be a recipe forgridlock.
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The result wasgridlockwith decaying buildings, wasted resources, mounting deficits with increasing dangers of clinical risk and all going nowhere.
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