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

• The street was a blind alley.
  这条街道是条死胡同。
• 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。
• 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。
• This was the blind alley from which the Roman world had no way out: slavery was economically impossible, the labor of freemen was morally ostracized.
  于是罗马世界便陷入了绝境：奴隶制在经济上已经不可能了，而自由人的劳动却在道德上受鄙视。
• The line of reasoning will only lead you up another blind alley.
  那种推理方法只会把你引进另一条死胡同。
• After the prey is pushed towards the blind alley but the fear of the cat.
  然后难得将猎物追到绝境却为了惧怕猫。
• I did not adopt his idea because I was pretty sure that it was a blind alley.
  我没有采纳他的意见，因为我十分肯定那是行不通的。
• 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。