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单词 endgame
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(endgeɪm)
Word forms: plural endgames
1. variable noun
In chess, endgame refers to the final stage of a game, when only a few pieces are left on the board and one of the players must win soon.
2. countable noun
Journalists sometimes refer to the final stages of something such as a war, dispute, or contest, as an endgame.
[journalism]
The political endgame is getting closer.

endgame in British English

(ˈɛndˌɡeɪm)
noun
1.  Also called: ending
the closing stage of a game of chess, in which only a few pieces are left on the board
2. 
the closing stage of any of certain other games

endgame in American English

(ˈɛndˌgeɪm)
noun
1. 
the final stage of a game of chess, in which each player has only a few pieces left
2. 
the final stage of anything

Examples of 'endgame' in a sentence
endgame

White might be able to hold this endgame were her king not so horribly vulnerable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His next move did not win at once but set up a winning endgame.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This trial is entering the endgame.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The endgame board is shown below.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One thing is certain: the endgame is approaching.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
How did White simplify down to a winning endgame?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
White is winning this endgame easily but now found a neat tactic to conclude the game at once and avoid any technical problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He is curious to know how White can win this endgame.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Here's another excerpt of an endgame board.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A simple liquidation which results in a winning endgame.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He will need to come up with something as he appears to approach the endgame of his time at Real.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You get stitched up just to get stitched up, because there is no way this scheme reaches its endgame by playing fair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We have now reached an endgame of bishop versus knight where White's king is miles from the action.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We are reaching the endgame of a failed experiment: society's attempt to live without a shared moral code.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Looking for a selfish advantage in a play, especially with a close scoreline and the endgame approaching, is a worthwhile exercise.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
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