| 词汇 | checkmate |
| 释义 | checkmate noun[ U ] uk /ˈtʃek.meɪt/ us /ˈtʃek.meɪt/ a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape（国际象棋中的）将军，将死 a situation in which someone has been defeated or a plan cannot develop or continue失败；败局；僵局 Compare stalemate Board games backgammon bishop blitz board game castle Chutes and Ladders counterplay defence draught endgame forfeit gambit grandmaster pin queen queenside re-roll resign rook square You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winning and defeating Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences checkmate verb[ T ] uk /ˈtʃek.meɪt/ us /ˈtʃek.meɪt/ to achieve a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape: My dad can always checkmate me within 20 moves. The goal is to checkmate an opponent's king. to create a situation in which someone is defeated or a plan cannot develop or continue: The committee discussed the best method to checkmate this move. They are doing their best to checkmate those conspiring against the State. Compare stalemate When a player can not get his king out of check, the king is checkmated and the game is over. My opponent methodically demolished me, piece by piece, until finally I was checkmated. Checkmated by the cunning Pope, he was put on trial in Florence. Board games backgammon bishop blitz board game castle Chutes and Ladders counterplay defence draught endgame forfeit gambit grandmaster pin queen queenside re-roll resign rook square You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winning and defeating Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences Examples of checkmatecheckmate In chess the king is never actually captured the game ends as soon as the king is checkmated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The game is over when both opposing kings are checkmated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kf2, he might be quickly checkmated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such and such a position in chess counts as checkmate. He likes to proceed rapidly to checkmate in argument, taking a couple of bishops probably on the way! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been led on as though he was playing a game of chess to a checkmate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The use of the battleship is to checkmate the activities of the enemy's battleship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their only duty is to checkmate the activities of the enemy's battleships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 22 is designed to checkmate that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As in chess, a captured man is replaced on its cell by the capturing piece, and the winning objective is checkmate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As in standard chess, the winning player is the one who forces his or her opponent's king (or equivalent piece) into checkmate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of checkmate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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