中文翻译与英英解释

1.(铁路等)终点；尽头；死胡同。
2.僵局，绝境(The discussion reached a dead end. 讨论陷入僵局)。

dead:    adj. 1.死的；无生命的，无生物的。 2.无感觉的。 ...

end:    n. 1.端，尖，末端，终点。 2.边缘；极点，极限。 ...

a passage with access only at one end
同义词：cul, cul de sac,

a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
同义词：deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill,

例句与用法

But for henry, small cars were a dead end .
但是，对亨利来说，生产小型车是没有出路的。

We drove into a dead end and had to back out .
我们把车子开进了一条死胡同，只得退出来。

I went about 40 feet before coming to a dead end .
我走了大约四十英尺便到了没有出路的尽头。

With the failure of the experiment , we had reached a dead end .
随着试验失败，我们已经到了死胡同。

Often the two men came to a dead end and had to start all over again .
他们俩常常陷入绝境，不得不重新返工。

In time muir realized that chief usher was a dead end job, and transferred to the state department where he could advance .
后来，米尔觉得首席招待员是一个没有出息的差事，于是调到了国务院，他在那儿可以得到提升。

The oracle . it ' s probably just another dead end
那个先知？是另一个找不到的宝藏

Iron is , in fact , the dead end of nuclear reaction
铁其实是热核反应的终站。

L cornered him into a dead end alley , then . .
我把他逼进一个死胡同,然后. .

Sentinel ' s a deceased operative . it ' s a dead end
哨兵是一个已故的特工这是条死胡同