dead end
n.闭塞不通的一头,死胡同
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dead end为短语/超纲词汇
dead end
.dead 'end
n[C]
a street with no way out at one end
a situation from which no more progress is possible
come to/reach a dead end
The negotiations have reached a dead end.
dead-end job
a job with low wages and no chance of progress
1. Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful winch was put into operation. 不过,他们终于将链条固定在盘子的一端,一台大功率的绞车开动起来。
2. End of story: The move is finally over. Everything's in boxes. My office is completely without organization. I feel at home. 故事结尾:家终于搬完了。东西都装在箱子里。我的办公室全然杂乱无序。可我还是觉得松了一口气。
3. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. 到明年年底,他们将把新体育场建成。
4. By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi. 到1886年10月底,这座雕像被重新组装起来,由巴索尔地正式赠送给美国人民。
5. But what surprised me most was to see some of the village people seated on the benches at the end of the room. 但是最叫我吃惊的是看到教室后面的凳子上坐着好些村民,
6. By the end of the next century, a single city may have more than 100 million inhabitants. 到下个世纪末,一个城市的居民就可能超过一亿。
7. By the time Ben was tired out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour. 等到本累垮了,汤姆早已把粉刷权转让给比利·费希尔,换来一只完好的风筝。比利·费希尔干不下去了,约翰尼·米勒把粉刷权买了下来,代价是一只死耗子,和一条甩着玩的绳子。于是买主一个接着一个地来了,时间也一小时又一小时地过去了。
8. Bill had carried his gold to the end; he would carry Bill's gold to the ship. Ha-ha! He would have the last laugh on Bill. 比尔至死也没丢下金子。他倒可以带着比尔的金子上船。哈,哈,他可以最后对着比尔嘲笑一番。
9. By the end of 1988, more than 130,000 cases of AIDS were reported, but, because of under reporting, there may actually be more than 350,000 cases. 到1988年底,共报道了13万多例艾滋病,但由于报道不全,实际数量可能超过35万例。
10. But nowadays even, it is not uncommon for a person to be brought back with heart massage (按摩) perhaps a full hour or more after he's "dead." 但是在今天,一个人在“死亡”整整一小时或更长时间以后,还能靠心脏按摩起死回生,这已不是什么稀罕事了。
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