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impasse 僵局

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Beijing on Wednesday warned Manila not to "further harm bilateral relations" in response to Manila's repeated provocations, which have worsened the month-long Huangyan Island impasse.

菲方近一个月来不断在黄岩岛制造事端挑衅,使中菲黄岩岛对峙僵局更趋紧张,对此中方于周三警告称希望菲方“不要进一步损伤两国关系”。

上面报道中,Huangyan Island impasse就是“黄岩岛僵局”的英文表达,也可称作Huangyan Island standoff。Impasse的英文解释为“a situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made”,即“僵局”,英文中表达同样意思的词语还有:deadlock,stalemate,dead end等。例如:The negotiation has reached a dead end.(谈判陷入了僵局。)

“陷入僵局”可以说come to/reach an impasse,双方僵持的状态也可叫confrontation(对峙)。目前,菲律宾外交部resume diplomatic contact with the Chinese embassy in Manila(恢复了与中国驻菲使馆的外交接触),希望此次diplomatic negotiation(外交协商)有助于break the impasse(打破僵局)。

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