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单词 checkmate
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checkmate
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtʃek.meɪt/us
/ˈtʃek.meɪt/
awinningpositioninchessin which you have put the other player'skingunder adirectattackfrom which it cannotescape
（国际象棋中的）将军，将死
asituationin which someone has beendefeatedor aplancannotdeveloporcontinue
失败；败局；僵局
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stalemate
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checkmate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈtʃek.meɪt/us
/ˈtʃek.meɪt/
toachieveawinningpositioninchessin which you have put the other player'skingunder adirectattackfrom which it cannotescape:
Mydadcan always checkmate me within 20moves.
Thegoalis to checkmate an opponent'sking.
tocreateasituationin which someone isdefeatedor aplancannotdeveloporcontinue:
Thecommitteediscussedthebestmethodto checkmate thismove.
They are doingtheirbestto checkmate thoseconspiringagainst theState.
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stalemate
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  • When aplayercan not get hiskingout ofcheck, thekingis checkmated and thegameis over.
  • Myopponentmethodicallydemolishedme,piecebypiece, untilfinallyI was checkmated.
  • Checkmated by thecunningPope, he was put ontrialin Florence.
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  • backgammon
  • bishop
  • blitz
  • board game
  • castle
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • counterplay
  • defence
  • endgame
  • forfeit
  • gambit
  • grandmaster
  • move
  • pin
  • queen
  • queenside
  • re-roll
  • resign
  • rook
  • square
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Winning and defeating
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(Definition ofcheckmatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
checkmate
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtʃek.meɪt/us
/ˈtʃek.meɪt/
awinningpositioninchessin which you have put the other player'skingunder adirectattackfrom which it cannotescape
（国际象棋中的）将军，将死
asituationin which someone has beendefeatedor aplancannotdeveloporcontinue
失败；败局；僵局
Compare
stalemate

Examplesofcheckmate

checkmate
In chess the king is never actually captured the game ends as soon as the king is checkmated.
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The game is over when both opposing kings are checkmated.
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In the latter case, the first player to be checkmated is ranked fourth, the next is ranked third, and the player losing at the end is ranked second.
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When a player is checkmated or stalemated, his king is immediately removed from the game and his remaining men become the property of the player delivering the mate or stalemate.
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Once a player is checkmated, the checkmated player can either remove their pieces from the board, or the player that checkmated can use the remaining pieces during that player's turn.
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In master and serious amateur play, most players resign an inevitably lost game before being checkmated, and it is considered bad etiquette to continue playing in a completely hopeless position.
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Kf2, he might be quickly checkmated.
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Such and such a position in chess counts ascheckmate.
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He likes to proceed rapidly tocheckmatein argument, taking a couple of bishops probably on the way!
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He has been led on as though he was playing a game of chess to acheckmate.
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The use of the battleship is tocheckmatethe activities of the enemy's battleship.
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Their only duty is tocheckmatethe activities of the enemy's battleships.
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Clause 22 is designed tocheckmatethat.
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As in chess, a captured man is replaced on its cell by the capturing piece, and the winning objective ischeckmate.
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As in standard chess, the winning player is the one who forces his or her opponent's king (or equivalent piece) intocheckmate.
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