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
  1. 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。
• 绝境；僵局
  a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing
  1. We had come to a dead end in our research.
     我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。
  2. 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。
  3. These negotiations are a dead-end street (= they have reached a point where no further progress is possible) .
     谈判陷入僵局。

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.
  1. Waitressing was a dead-end job.
     做女服务生是一份没有前途的工作。

英英释义

noun

• a passage with access only at one end
  Synonym:culcul de sac
• a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
  1. reached an impasse on the negotiations
  Synonym:deadlockimpassestalematestandstill

双语例句

• Our research was at a dead end and couldn't go forward.
  我们的研究工作钻进了死胡同，无法进展下去了。
• Looks like ad dead end.
  看来这是死胡同了。
• I just feel like I'm at a dead end.
  我觉得我终将一死。
• Our research seems to have come to a dead end.
  我们的研究工作似乎搁浅了。
• She was stuck in dead end job, There were no opportunities for advancement.
  她陷入了一个没有前途的工作，没有机会晋升。
• 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。
• 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。
• No turning or twisting would avoid this dead end to which she had come.
  无论怎样转弯或迂回，都逃不出她已走进的这个死胡同了。
• We drove into a dead end and had to back out.
  我们把车子开进了一条死胡同，只得退出来。
• 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。