dead-end

名词 dead-end:

1. a passage with access only at one end
   同义词：cul, cul de sac, dead end
2. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
   同义词：deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill

形容词 dead-end:

1. lacking opportunities for development or advancement

dead-end

adj.（形容词）
Having no exit.
没有出口的
Permitting no opportunity for advancement:
没有机会提升的：
例句：
a dead-end job.
没有前途的工作

Informal Tough and rowdy:
【非正式用语】 粗暴的，胡闹的：
例句：
a dead-end gang.
暴力团伙

v.intr.（不及物动词）
dead-.end.ed,dead-.end.ing,dead-.ends
To terminate with no exit or possibility of advancement:
使到尽头：使没有出口或提升的可能：
例句：
The road dead-ends at the lake. That job dead-ends at the end of the year.
路的尽头是湖泊。那项工作于年末结束了