gridlock

核心释义

A situation in which traffic is so completely congested that vehicles cannot move at all.

1. 1.

   城市街道或高速公路上完全堵塞的交通状况,因互相阻碍而无法移动

   A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.

2. 2.

   交通堵塞严重到无法移动

   a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible

3. 3.

   在较小范围内,车辆在绿灯周期内过晚进入信号控制交叉口,且因下一路口拥堵无法在红灯时清空交叉口,从而阻挡横向交通,此现象在多个交叉口重复可导致全城交通瘫痪。

   On a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.

4. 4.

   因严重拥堵、冲突或僵局导致复杂系统瘫痪

   Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.

交叉路口堵死；（系统的）瘫痪；僵局；城市街道或高速公路上完全堵塞的交通状况,因互相阻碍而无法移动；交通堵塞严重到无法移动；在较小范围内,车辆在绿灯周期内过晚进入信号控制交叉口,且因下一路口拥堵无法在红灯时清空交叉口,从而阻挡横向交通,此现象在多个交叉口重复可导致全城交通瘫痪。