in a flash arnie was transformed from a film superherosintosthe leader of a state bedeviled by complex financial problems, a hemorrhage of jobs and political gridlock in the state legislature.
the current diplomatic gridlock means that the copenhagen summit is likely to produce a skeleton agreement at best.
当前的外交僵局意味着哥本哈根高峰会谈可能顶多产生一个框架协议。
with so many new cars in the mix, average vehicle quality is far better than it used to be, so breakdowns on one-lane roads no longer trigger gridlock automatically, the way they once did.
for now, squabbling or even gridlock will mark the diet at least until the spring.
至少在春天到来之前,争论乃至僵局将会充斥议会。
make no mistake: the challenges that the u.s. faces are formidable, and persistent political gridlock could delay badly needed fiscal and structural reforms.
可千万不要犯错。美国面临的挑战极为险峻,持续的政治僵局会使急需的财政结构改革严重滞后。
if oil soars to $150 per barrel, a few more soverign nations default on their debt obligations and gridlock persists in washington, we could be looking at another recession as soon as 2012.