dead end

noun

1. 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。
2. 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。

1. 死路;死胡同
   If a street is a dead end, there is no way out at one end of it.
2. N-COUNT 绝境;僵局
   A dead end job 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。

1. 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。
2. His research was at a dead end.
   他的研究无法进行下去。
3. After days of arguing, the peace talks are now at a dead end.
   在几天的辩论之后和平谈判无法进行下去。
4. 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。
5. I'm really at a dead end.
   我实在没路可走了。
6. Our inquiry was brought to a dead end when we learned that the woman had left the country.
   当我们得知那个女人业已离开这个国家时，我们的调查不了了之。
7. 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。
8. We've got a bit of a dead end here.
   我们在这里钻进了死胡同。
9. This was the dead end of her last hope.
   这是她最后一线希望的破灭。
10. I can't waste my time in this dead end job.
    我再也不想把时间僵在这工作上了。
11. Our research seems to have come to a dead end.
    我们的研究工作似乎搁浅了。
12. 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。
13. I wait for you at the dead end.
    我在死胡同等你。
14. Was there no escape from this dead end?
    难道就逃不出这条死胡同了？
15. Lateral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed to reach a dead end.
    横向思维帮助他提出了原来似乎已走进死胡同的心理论。
16. 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；
17. 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。
18. Maybe there was a dead end over there or something.
    也许是有个死胡同什么的。
19. This could mean the India sounds reached a dead end.
    这也可能说明印度的音乐进了一个死胡同。
20. It's like another dead end.
    好像又是一个死胡同。
21. With the failure of the experiment, we have reach a dead end.
    试验失败了，我们一筹莫展。
22. 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。
23. Is china's trust industry in dead end?
    中国信托业穷途末路了吗？
24. 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。
25. Looks like ad dead end.
    看来这是死胡同了。
26. 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？
27. I just feel like I'm at a dead end.
    我觉得我终将一死。
28. We reached another dead end.
    我们又到尽头了。
29. 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。
30. It looks like dead end to me.
    看起来我已经无路可走了。

noun

1. a passage with access only at one end

   Synonym:    culcul de sac

2. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
   1. reached an impasse on the negotiations

   Synonym:    deadlockimpassestalematestandstill