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
- It's a dead end! What are you doing?!* Where are we going?
前面没路了！你在干什么？！我们去哪？ - We reached another dead end.
我们又到尽头了。 - Looks like ad dead end.
看来这是死胡同了。 - When I was working at a New York law firm, that path came to a dead end.
我在纽约一家律师事务所工作的时候，这条道路陷入了死胡同。 - 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； - But avivah wittenberg-cox and Alison Maitland clearly want to avoid this dead end.
但是，阿维娃维滕贝格-考克斯与艾利森梅特兰显然想避开这个死胡同。 - Even though your research appears to be at a dead end now, you shouldn't lose heart but keep on trying.
即使你们的研究现在似乎没有什么进展，你们还是不应该泄气，而要继续进行下去。 - Our research seems to have come to a dead end.
我们的研究工作似乎搁浅了。 - His research was at a dead end.
他的研究无法进行下去。 - We've got a bit of a dead end here.
我们在这里钻进了死胡同。