checkmate

英 [ˌtʃek'meɪt] 美 [ˌtʃek'meɪt]

• v. (国际象棋中)把…将死；完全击败
• n. (国际象棋中)将死；完全失败

英英释义

Noun:

1. complete victory

2. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

Verb:

1. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game;

   "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The object in a chess game is to checkmate the opponent's king, a piece whose mobility is limited.
   下国际象棋的主要目的就是将对方机动性受到限制的"王"将死。
2. She hoped the plan would checkmate her opponents.
   她希望这一计划能彻底战胜对手。

近反义词

【近义词】

• abort 流产
• ward 病房
• paralysis 瘫痪
• prevention 阻止
• mate 配偶
• check 检查
• defeat 挫败
• end 结束
• ending 结尾
• victory 胜利