单词	gridlock
释义	gridlock /ˈɡrɪdlɒk / noun 1 [mass noun] A situation of very severe traffic congestion: the city reaches gridlock during peak hours... In Edinburgh, six-mile tailbacks of commuter traffic brought gridlock to much of the city for more than three hours. People feared the development would cause traffic gridlock and claimed noisy fans would make their lives a misery. London's new congestion charging experiment - designed to ease traffic gridlock in the capital - went live this morning. 2 another term for deadlock (sense 1 of the noun).Proponents say a parliamentary system would end the gridlock between the executive and legislature that dogs Philippine politics.... President Bashar Al-Assad ended the gridlock by attending Arafat's funeral in November 2004. The move to inject liquidity started in Asia as the Bank of Japan reacted early to head off fears of a global gridlock. Derivatives gridlocked /ˈɡrɪdlɒkt / adjective ... A transport survey shows peak-time congestion is worsening and has left drivers gridlocked for 21 per cent of their journey. It couldn't have come at a worse time for the city's traders, who are gearing up for Christmas, but York's gridlocked roads are having an impact far beyond the city itself. But we had to sell the business - and one of our main reasons was the difficulty in getting deliveries to our customers in heavy and often gridlocked traffic. Origin 1980s (originally US): from grid (in sense 2) + lock1.
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