impasses
n. 絕境(impasse的複數形式)
In the history of coalition warfare such impasses have been common, and sometimes disastrous.
在聯合作戰的歷史中,這種相持不下的局面是很普通的, 往往也是災難性的.
I see conundrums, dilemmas , quandaries , impasses, gnarly thickets of fateful possibility with no obvious way out.
眼看問題經緯萬端,進退兩難 、 入困境, 死路一條, 盤根錯節的命定可能性,但找不到明顯的出路.