[, ]a complete failure to make progress, reach agreement or settle sth僵局◆The agreement on working hours is seen as a way of breaking the logjam.就工作时数达成协议看来是打破僵局的一种方法。➡deadlock [] a large amount of work that has not been done because there are too many things to do（因事情太多造成的）大量未做的工作◆logjams of paperwork文书工作的大量积压➡backlog , bottleneck