今天我们要学的词是 impasse. Impasse 名词，意思是僵局。The International Monetary Fund thinks an ongoing debt impasse in Congress could be catastrophic. 国际货币基金组织认为，美国国会在借贷上限问题上处于僵持不下的局面会带来灾难性后果。The United States has canceled a military exercise with Japan because of the U.S. budget impasse. 由于目前的预算僵局，美国取消了跟日本的军事演习。The U.S. and Afghanistan have reached an impasse in their talks over the role that American forces will play beyond next year. 在美军明年以后将发挥何种作用的问题上，美国和阿富汗的谈判陷入了僵局。好的，今天我们学习的词是impasse, impasse, impasse.