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checkmate 将（军）

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Checkmate 出自国际象棋，等同于汉语里的“将！”。在一方把关键的一个棋子放到致对方于死地的时候说一声“将军！”。不过现在这个短语也用来表达“一次彻底的胜利”。

例句

The rebels¹ surrounded the president's palace. He had no option but to agree to their demands: it was checkmate.

Unless we make some serious changes to this business, the competition will catch up and it will be checkmate.

'Checkmate' 也可以做为动词:

Garry Kasparov had the chess computer in checkmate after a fine series of moves.

请注意

Stalemate “僵局”和 checkmate 的意思正好相反，stalemate 表示一种双方僵持不下的局面。

例句

I could only afford £150,000 for the house but the seller² would go no lower than £155,000. We reached a stalemate and called the deal off.

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1 rebels
n.反政府的人( rebel的名词复数 )；反叛者；造反者；叛逆者v.反抗政府( rebel的第三人称单数 )；反抗权威
参考例句：
Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。 The rebels went on an orgy of killing. 叛乱者肆意杀人。

2 seller
n.售货者，畅销品
参考例句：
I hope for this book to become a best seller.我希望这本书会成为一本畅销书。 She drove a hard bargain with the seller.她狠杀卖主的价。