dead-end

美

英 ['ded'end]

过去分词：dead-ended 现在分词：dead-ending 第三人称单数：dead-ends

权威英汉双解

dead-end

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1.	一头封死的道路（或通道等）a road, passage, etc. that is closed at one end

The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.

我们想走的头一条路结果是条死胡同。

2.	绝境；僵局a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing

	We had come to a dead end in our research. 我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。
	He's in a dead-end job in the local factory(= one with low wages and no hope of promotion) . 他在当地工厂的工作是没有前途的。
	These negotiations are a dead-end street(= they have reached a point where no further progress is possible) . 谈判陷入僵局。