blind alley
英 [ˌblaɪnd ˈæli]
美 [ˌblaɪnd ˈæli]
n. 行不通的方法; 死胡同
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.- 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。
- The Internet has proved a blind alley for many firms.
英英释义
noun
- (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
- all the clues led the police into blind alleys
- 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
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Search the blind alley!
搜这死胡同! - 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。 - When he invested in that business, he went up a blind alley.
当他投资做那个生意时,他就走上了一条绝路。 - Honestly, I think that your idea will lead you down a blind alley.
坦率地说,我认为你的想法会把你引入迷途。 - 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 street was a blind alley.
这条街道是条死胡同。 - In the course of business, want to open their own vision and not go blind alley.
在创业过程中,要打开自己的视野,不能走死路。 - 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。