impasse
/æmˈpɑːs/noun
- a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock（尤指意见不同造成的）僵局：
the current political impasse.
当前的政治僵局。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French， from im- (expressing negation) + the stem of passer 'to pass'.