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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Search the blind alley!
  搜这死胡同！
• 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。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.
  这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.
  山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• You're going down a blind alley, fiedler.
  你在走死胡同，费德勒。
• 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。