English Dictionary

zugzwang

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

(chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move. / (figuratively) A situation in which someone is forced to make a disadvantageous move

日本語の意味

(チェス) 手を動かさざるを得ず、不利な展開を迎える局面。 / (比喩) ある状況において、やむを得ず不利な行動を取らざるを得ない状態。

In the endgame he found himself in zugzwang, every legal move worsening his position.

終盤で彼は、どの手を指しても形勢が悪くなるような不利な局面に追い込まれた。

意味（1）

(chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A situation in which someone is forced to make a disadvantageous move

An explanation for this phenomenon may be that speech acts that include instructions (e.g., a command or request) show a higher level of activity than speech acts of assertion; the ethnomethodological analysis of conversation speaks of conversational Zugzwänge:²⁴ a request, a question or a command demands a reaction of the addressee.

zugzwangs （ plural ）

zugzwänge （ plural ）