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。

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。

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

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；
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。
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。
We reached another dead end.
我们又到尽头了。
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。
His research was at a dead end.
他的研究无法进行下去。
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。
Looks like ad dead end.
看来这是死胡同了。
Was there no escape from this dead end?
难道就逃不出这条死胡同了？
It looks like dead end to me.
看起来我已经无路可走了。