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

• 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。
• You're going down a blind alley, fiedler.
  你在走死胡同，费德勒。
• I'm afraid you came into a blind alley.
  我恐怕你走到死胡同里来了。
• My parents told me social worker is a blind alley occupation, but I stick to my guns to realise my dream.
  尽管父母说做社工是没有前途的，但我仍坚持去实现我的梦想。
• 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。
• The street was a blind alley.
  这条街道是条死胡同。
• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.
  山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• You don't know how much of it ends up in a blind alley.
  你不知道有多大一部分走进了死胡同。
• The criminal was trapped by the police in a blind alley.
  罪犯被警察逼入一条死胡同。
• John did not take the job because it was a blind alley.
  约翰没有接受此职，因为它是条绝路。