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

• I'm afraid you came into a blind alley.
  我恐怕你走到死胡同里来了。
• Tim thought of a way to do the maths problem, but it turned out to be a blind alley.
  蒂姆想出一个解答数学题的方法，但结果无济于事。
• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.
  山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• 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。
• His present job seemed to be a blind alley.
  他现在的职业看来没什么前途。
• He took the next turning to the left but found himself in a blind alley.
  他在下一个拐弯处向左走，但发现走进了一个死胡同。
• 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 witness is going to lead the jury to a blind alley.
  这个证人将把陪审团引入死胡同。
• In the course of business, want to open their own vision and not go blind alley.
  在创业过程中，要打开自己的视野，不能走死路。
• The criminal was trapped by the police in a blind alley.
  罪犯被警察逼入一条死胡同。