Blind alley
[计] 死胡同
📖 牛津释义
blind alley
1 alley that is closed at one end; cul-de-sac 仅有一端与外间相通的小巷; 死胡同.
2 (fig 比喻) course of action which may seem promising at first but which in the end has no satisfactory result 起初似乎大有希望, 而结果却不能令人满意的做法; 钻死胡同.
🧩 词语组成解析
blind
[blaɪnd]
adj. 失明的;盲目的，轻率的;供盲人用的;隐蔽的;
vt. 弄瞎，使失明;蒙蔽，欺瞒;使变暗;使昏聩;
n. 掩饰;借口;百叶窗;
adv. 盲目地;看不见地;
alley
['æli]
n. 胡同，小巷;小径;球道;
🗣️ 情景例句
I see. By the way, what benefit can we get if we act as your agent?
明白。顺便问一下，假如我们做你们的代理会有什么好处？
How much will you sell me this for?
把这个东西卖给我要多少钱？
Audiences in the second decade of the twentieth century found it pleasant to escape to a time when life, though hard, was relatively simple.We still do;
生活在20世纪20年代的观众认为，逃到一个即使艰苦但比较简朴的时代中去是件愉快的事，我们今天仍有这种感觉。