It's a dead-end job.

年青人常常轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)，問他們轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)的原因，多數(shù)人認(rèn)為這份工作沒有前途，英文可以說：It's a dead-end job. (這是一份沒前途的工作) ，口語化的說法也可以說成： There's no future in this job. (這份工作沒有將來)或There's no chance of career advancement. (沒有事業(yè)發(fā)展機(jī)會(huì)) ，有些人只為了金錢而打工，則可以說：I just do it for the money 。

對(duì)話

Marcus: I hate this place. I need a drastic career change.

Gordon: Why? I really like it here. We're always busy and people are dying to get our　business.

Marcus: How can you say that? It's a dead-end job.

Gordon: Well, I should hope so. We are undertakers after all.

馬卡斯：我討厭這地方，我要徹底改變事業(yè)。

戈登：為什么？我十分喜歡這兒，我們經(jīng)常很忙碌，很多人都想取得我們的業(yè)務(wù)。

馬卡斯：你怎可這么說？這是沒有前途的工作。

戈登：嗯，我應(yīng)該希望如此，畢竟我們是殯儀員。

馬卡斯說自己的工作：It's a dead-end job。他的同事不同意，說People are dying to get our business。

進(jìn)行式的dying常和‘for + 名詞’或‘to + 原形動(dòng)詞(infinitive)’合用，表示‘渴望’，例如：(1) I'm dying for a sleep.（我很想睡一覺）。(2) I'm dying to see him.（我很想見見他）。馬卡斯的同事說‘很多人都想取得我們的業(yè)務(wù)。’

Dead end是‘死胡同’，常用于比喻，例如：(1) There was a sign indicating that the street was a dead end.（或indicating that it was a dead-end street）（有標(biāo)志顯示那是一條死巷）。(2) Our investigation has come to a dead end.（我們的調(diào)查走進(jìn)了死胡同）。

Dead-end job當(dāng)然也是比喻，指沒有前途的工作，例如：When I realized I was in a dead-end job, I decided to quit.（我發(fā)覺工作沒有前途，決定辭職）。

求職的一個(gè)大忌，是批評(píng)自己目前的工作，所以求職者不宜說I'm in a dead-end job之類。改個(gè)說法，給人的印象就會(huì)大大不同：(1) I've reached the highest level possible in the company（公司沒有辦法提供我進(jìn)一步升遷的職位了）。(2) I would like to move to a company with better promotion prospects.（我想轉(zhuǎn)業(yè)到晉升機(jī)會(huì)較大的公司任職）。

你還可以說是為金錢而希望轉(zhuǎn)職，這理由沒有人能夠質(zhì)疑：It's because of money./Money is the reason./It's a matter of money。