
Dead end. 死胡同.
a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing 絕境;僵局;死胡同
We had come to a dead end in our research.
我們的研究工作已陷入絕境.
This line of investigation could prove to be a complete dead end.
這種調查方法到頭來可能是完全沒有結果的.
He's in a dead-end job in the local factory(= one with low wages and no hope of promotion).
他在當地工廠的工作是沒有前途的.