dead end
英 [ˌded ˈend]
美 [ˌded ˈend]
n. 一头封死的道路(或通道等); 绝境; 僵局
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牛津词典
noun
- 一头封死的道路（或通道等）
a road, passage, etc. that is closed at one end- The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.
我们想走的头一条路结果是条死胡同。
- The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.
- 绝境；僵局
a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing- We had come to a dead end in our research.
我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。 - He's in a dead-end job in the local factory (= one with low wages and no hope of promotion) .
他在当地工厂的工作是没有前途的。 - These negotiations are a dead-end street (= they have reached a point where no further progress is possible) .
谈判陷入僵局。
- We had come to a dead end in our research.
柯林斯词典
- 死路;死胡同
If a street is adead end, there is no way out at one end of it. - N-COUNT 绝境;僵局
Adead endjob or course of action is one that you think is bad because it does not lead to further developments or progress.- Waitressing was a dead-end job.
做女服务生是一份没有前途的工作。
- Waitressing was a dead-end job.
英英释义
noun
- a passage with access only at one end
- a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
- reached an impasse on the negotiations
双语例句
- We reached another dead end.
我们又到尽头了。 - I can't waste my time in this dead end job.
我再也不想把时间僵在这工作上了。 - I'm really at a dead end.
我实在没路可走了。 - But it's there! It's just sitting there like this big dead end.
但是总会这样的，就像个死胡同在那等着。 - His research was at a dead end.
他的研究无法进行下去。 - Our research seems to have come to a dead end.
我们的研究工作似乎搁浅了。 - Lateral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed to reach a dead end.
横向思维帮助他提出了原来似乎已走进死胡同的心理论。 - It looks like dead end to me.
看起来我已经无路可走了。 - If you go down a street that is a dead end, you can't go any farther;
如果你走到一条街上，那是条绝路，你就走不动了； - Our inquiry was brought to a dead end when we learned that the woman had left the country.
当我们得知那个女人业已离开这个国家时，我们的调查不了了之。