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
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.
山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The blind alley ended in a brick wall.
这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。 - 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。 - Taking blind alley gas as the main research object, this paper expounds the distribution laws of blind alley gas, and probes into the methods for the gas emission and some matters needing attention.
以盲巷瓦斯为主要研究对象，阐述了盲巷瓦斯的分布规律，探讨了排放瓦斯的方法和注意事项。 - Search the blind alley!
搜这死胡同！ - 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。 - I'm afraid our present course of action may turn out to be a blind alley.
我担心我们目前这种干法可能是条死胡同。