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

• I'm afraid you came into a blind alley.
  我恐怕你走到死胡同里来了。
• 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。
• The path of reforms and opening-up are entirely correct, and their merits and achievements can never be negated. To stop or reverse reforms and opening-up would only lead to a blind alley.
  改革开放方向和道路是完全正确的，成效和功绩不容否定，停顿和倒退没有出路。
• 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。
• This type of research turned out to be a blind alley.
  这种研究证明是行不通的。
• 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。
• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.
  山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• The witness is going to lead the jury to a blind alley.
  这个证人将把陪审团引入死胡同。
• His present job seemed to be a blind alley.
  他现在的职业看来没什么前途。
• 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。