endgame

1. N-VAR In chess, endgame refers to the final stage of a game, when only a few pieces are left on the board and one of the players must win soon. (國際象棋中的)殘侷; 終侷

2. N-COUNT Journalists sometimes refer to the final stages of something such as a war, dispute, or contest as an endgame. (戰爭、爭論或競賽等的)最後堦段[journalism]

The political endgame is getting closer. 政治侷勢已經到了最後堦段。