blind alley

英 [ˌblaɪnd ˈæli]

美 [ˌblaɪnd ˈæli]

n.  行不通的方法; 死胡同

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牛津词典

noun

• 行不通的方法；死胡同
  a way of doing sth that seems useful at first, but does not produce useful results, like following a path that suddenly stops

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 死胡同；绝路；困境
  If you describe a situation as ablind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
  1. The Internet has proved a blind alley for many firms.
     事实证明，因特网对许多公司而言是一条行不通的路。

英英释义

noun

• (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
  1. all the clues led the police into blind alleys
  2. so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley
• a street with only one way in or out
  Synonym:cul de sacdead-end streetimpasse

双语例句

• This type of research turned out to be a blind alley.
  这种研究证明是行不通的。
• Or was he moving into still another blind alley?
  不然他是不是又在向一条死胡同里钻。
• John did not take the job because it was a blind alley.
  约翰没有接受此职，因为它是条绝路。
• Honestly, I think that your idea will lead you down a blind alley.
  坦率地说，我认为你的想法会把你引入迷途。
• The Internet has proved a blind alley for many firms.
  事实证明，因特网对许多公司而言是一条行不通的路。
• I did not adopt his idea because I was pretty sure that it was a blind alley.
  我没有采纳他的意见，因为我十分肯定那是行不通的。
• The criminal was trapped by the police in a blind alley.
  罪犯被警察逼入一条死胡同。
• The line of reasoning will only lead you up another blind alley.
  那种推理方法只会把你引进另一条死胡同。
• You don't know how much of it ends up in a blind alley.
  你不知道有多大一部分走进了死胡同。
• This was the blind alley from which the Roman world had no way out: slavery was economically impossible, the labor of freemen was morally ostracized.
  于是罗马世界便陷入了绝境：奴隶制在经济上已经不可能了，而自由人的劳动却在道德上受鄙视。