a dead end

意味

a situation in which no more progress is possible

これ以上進展の見込めない状況.

例文

1. 1The police investigation reached a dead end when the only witness moved abroad.
2. 2Tom felt his job was a dead end, so he started evening classes in design.
3. 3Every idea we tried for fixing the leak led to a dead end, so we called a plumber.
4. 4The talks hit a dead end when neither side would move on price.
5. 5Is this search a dead end, or should we keep looking for Gran's old letters?

文法

可算名詞で、a dead end、dead ends となる。名詞の前では dead-end と書く。reach、hit、lead to の後によく使う