dead end 英 [ded end]   美 [dɛd ɛnd]

dead end

dead end  英 [ded end] 美 [dɛd ɛnd]

phrase. 死胡同,尽头 

名词复数:dead ends 

Fashion that is just about merchandise always feels like a dead end. 几乎仅仅是商品的时装,总感觉像是一个死胡同。
If you try to find out more about this committee, its members, its powers and remit, you would come up against a dead end. 如果你试图找出关于这个委员会的更多情况,比如其成员,权力和职责范围的话,就会走进死胡同。

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  • phrase. 死胡同,尽头
  • 1. Fashion that is just about merchandise always feels like a dead end.

    几乎仅仅是商品的时装,总感觉像是一个死胡同。

  • 2. If you try to find out more about this committee, its members, its powers and remit, you would come up against a dead end.

    如果你试图找出关于这个委员会的更多情况,比如其成员,权力和职责范围的话,就会走进死胡同。

  • 3. But if you get passed over for that big promotion or you’re stuck in a dead end job, that enthusiasm begins to fade.

    但是,如果你已经获得了一次很大的提升,又亦或你被困在死胡同般的工作当中,那么你的热情就会开始慢慢消退。

  • dead end (n.) "closed end of a passage," 1886, from dead (adj.) + end (n.). Figurative use is attested from 1922. As an adjective, from 1928; as a verb, from 1921. Related: Deadender (by 1996).
ˌdead ˈend / ; NAmE / noun 1 a road, passage, etc. that is closed at one end 一头封死的道路(或通道等) The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end. 我们走的头一条路,结果是条死胡同。 2 a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing 绝境;僵局 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 jobin 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。 dead end dead ends ˌdead ˈend / ; NAmE /
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