“死胡同”,指只有一个出入口的胡同,比喻走不通的路,绝境、绝路,与英文习语“dead end”或“blind alley”同义,表示“a situation or method that is not effective or will not produce results”。
常见表达如:一条死胡同(a dead end),走进死胡同(reach a dead end)。
- 这种想法似乎只会将我们引入死胡同。
This sort of thinking just seems to be leading us up/down a blind alley. - 他的理论使他进了死胡同。
His theory led him to a dead end.