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 wish she were here with us to enjoy the country.
我真希望现在她就和我们在一起享受这乡村美景。
I'm sure he will get to the game on time.
我确定他会准时参加比赛。
but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
但是早期记录地震波的仪器（测震仪）正是采用了这种思路。