checkmate
['tʃɛk'met]
n. 击破, 彻底败

vt. 制, 败, 将死

1. A: It's my turn again. Checkmate!
   该。将！
2. The object in a chess game is to checkmate the opponent's king, a piece whose mobility is limited.
   象棋目将动性受制"王"将死。

checkmate
[ noun ]

1. complete victory

<noun.event>

2. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

<verb.competition> mate
Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

Checkmate \Check"mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Checkmated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkmating}.]
1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner
that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by
putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford.


Checkmate \Check"mate\ (ch[e^]k"m[=a]t), n. [F. ['e]chec et mat,
fr. Per. sh[=a]h m[=a]t checkmate, lit., the king is dead,
fr. Ar. m[=a]ta he died, is dead. The king, when made
prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game
is finished. See {Chess}.]
1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check
and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.