| 单词 | dead-end kid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead-end kid b. attributive or as adj. (a) That leads nowhere; having no possibilities for advance, promotion, etc.; (b) dead-end kid: a tough young person such as lives in back-streets or slums; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > street people > children > street-child blackguard1699 street girl1764 street boy1796 mudlark1814 street urchin1827 gamin1832 street child1839 Arab1847 street Arab1853 muckworm1859 scuttler1867 gutter-snipec1869 gutter-child1870 gavroche1876 gutter-snippet1891 voyoua1896 street kid1910 dead-end kid1928 gurrier1936 1928 Observer 15 Jan. 5 He deplores the fate of boys who get into dead-end employments. 1940 J. B. Priestley Postscripts 17 Overgrown, tormenting, cruel schoolboys—middle-aged ‘dead end kids’. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA xi. 86 No dead-end formula has killed the creative ability of the team. 1946 [see dead-ending n. at Derivatives]. 1958 New Statesman 20 Dec. 869/2 It is not difficult to present France..as Europe's Dead End Kid. 1963 Economist 20 Apr. 254/1 Workers shifting out of dead-end jobs and dead-end areas into ‘approved’ new spots. < as lemmas |
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