| 释义 |
ˌdead ˈendnoun [c] 1. a road, passage, etc that is closed at one end （路等的）死巷，死头: ◇we came to a dead end and had to turn back. 我们来到一条死巷，不得不原路折回。 2. a point, situation, etc from which you can make no further progress 绝境；死胡同: ◇the police had reached a dead end in their investigations. 警方的调查已经陷入僵局。◇he felt he was in a dead-end job (= one with low wages and no hope of promotion), so he left. 他觉得自己的工作没有前途，所以离开了。 dead endsee ⇨ progress/make progress 5 dead end /ˌ· ˈ·◄/n [c] 1. a street with no way out at one end 死巷，死胡同 2. a situation from which no progress is possible ［情况的］行不通，绝境 |