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单词 blind alley
释义
blind alley
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n

WORD FAMILY
blind alley: blind alleys
USAGE EXAMPLES
All the other seats are jimmied into blind alleys and passageways around the open kitchen.
New York Times(Nov 29, 2016)
“A nation that forgets its origins will find itself in a blind alley,” he said in a speech late last month.
New York Times(Nov 14, 2016)
If researchers aren't very disciplined about what they're looking for, he argues, they can quickly disappear down rabbit holes and blind alleys.
BBC(Oct 13, 2016)
1n a street with only one way in or out
Syn|Hyper
cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse
thoroughfare
a public road from one place to another
2n (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
all the clues led the police into blind alleys
so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley
Hyper
course, course of action
a mode of action
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