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单词 dead end
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dead end
noun
uk
/ˌded ˈend/us
/ˌded ˈend/
[C]
aroadthat isclosedat one end, and does notleadanywhere:
死路
adead-endstreet一条死巷子
[S]
asituationthat has nohopeof makingprogress:
困境，绝境
Negotiators havereachedadeadend intheirattemptstofindapeacefulsolution.谈判者希望找到和平解决方案的种种努力已化为泡影。
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dead-end
verb[I]
US
uk
/ˌded ˈend/us
/ˌded ˈend/
If aroadorpathdead-ends, it isclosedat one end, and does notleadanywhere:
成为死胡同，到达尽头，终止
Theroaddead-endedhalfwayup themountain.这条路在通往山里的半路上断了。
He had toturnhisbikearound at the end of thetrailas it dead-ended at aparkinglot.
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  • Aloggingroaddead-ended near theriver.
  • Thestreetwe were on dead-ended at anastonishinglookingbuilding.
  • The investigator’scasedead-ended in Boston.
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(Definition ofdead endfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
dead end
noun
uk
/ˌded ˈend/us
/ˌded ˈend/
[C]
aroadthat isclosedat one end, and does notleadanywhere
死路
adead-endstreet一条死巷子
[S]
asituationthat has nohopeof makingprogress
困境，绝境
Negotiators havereachedadeadend intheirattemptstofindapeacefulsolution.谈判者希望找到和平解决方案的种种努力已化为泡影。

dead-end

verb[I]USuk
us
If aroadorpathdead-ends, it isclosedat one end, and does notleadanywhere.
成为死胡同，到达尽头，终止
Theroaddead-endedhalfwayup themountain.这条路在通往山里的半路上断了。

dead end| American Dictionary

dead end
noun[C]
us/ˈded ˈend/
aroadorpaththat has no way out at one end:
fig.Negotiators havereacheda dead end(= have not beensuccessfuland cannot gofurther)intheirattemptstofindapeacefulsolution.
(Definition ofdead endfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dead end| Business English

dead end
noun[C]
uk
us
asituationthat isunlikelyto besuccessfulor to make anyprogress:
We had severalcustomerleadsthat allturnedout to bedeadends.
It's verydemoralizingfor her; sheperceivesthat hercareeris at adeadend.
reach/hit a dead endPlans tobuilda newtollroadhavereachedadeadend.
(Definition ofdead endfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdead end

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Therefore, the infection comes to adeadend.
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The sector as a whole had got stuck in thedeadendof class relativism.
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For both of us, investigation of the artefact alone was adeadend.
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To get out of thisdeadend, one would like to use, instead, a spatially varying bandwidth.
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Corruption cases often hit adeadendonce they reached the courtroom.
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Therefore, adeadendhas been detected and the algorithm has to backtrack.
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When no extension is possible, we say that the algorithm has detected adeadend.
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This information is recorded as one or more constraints (or nogoods) which aid future search by disallowing the inconsistencies that led to thisdeadend.
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The pursuit of a unary natural-duty theory of political obligation, the objection concludes, is adeadend.
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This migration causes pathological changes, but being without any obvious transmission benefits, is adeadendfor the larvae.
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Every route is literally adeadendin this sense.
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Secondly, in the long run, resorting to debt financing seems to be adeadendto finance retirement systems.
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Others, even among legal positivists, believe that this road inevitably leads to adeadend.
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There are well-known problems with this approach to representation and no generally accepted solution; this path leads to adeadend.
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We also found that positive selection could be more efficient in outcrossing than in self-fertilizing species, in agreement with thedeadendtheory.
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