be locked insth
—phrasal verbwithlockverbuk/lɒk/us/lɑːk/
to bepreventedfrommovingby something
被…困住，受到…阻碍
We werelockedintrafficfor over twohourson the wayhome.回家的路上我们因堵车被困了两个多小时。
If you arelockedin asituationorprocess, it isimpossiblefor you toescapeor makeprogressfrom it.
陷入…而停滞不前
Bothpartieswishtoavoidbeinglockedindiscussionsthat willresolvenothing.双方都希望能避免陷入毫无意义的讨论而停滞不前。