| 单词 | dead end |
| 释义 | dead end also dead-end Word forms: dead ends 1. countable noun If a street is a dead end, there is no way out at one end of it. 2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] A dead end job or course of action is one that you think is bad because it does not lead to further developments or progress. Waitressing was a dead-end job. Idioms: dead-end boring and unlikely to lead to anything more interesting or successful He was a dull, nondescript man in a dull, dead-end job. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: dead-end road So how could a man that smart allow his lawyers to spend tens of thousands of his money travelling down a dead-end road? Times,Sunday Times It's a dead-end road, though, and a terribly long drive for a view. Times, Sunday Times They work out of a tiny office above a metal fabrication plant on a dead-end road. Globe and Mail Have a strategy in place for when you feel low and tempted to go down that dead-end road again. The Sun Although it served a dead-end road, a butter tub company was situated there and used the bridge frequently. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 尽头 Japanese: 行き止まり |
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