blind alley

1. N-COUNT If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results. 死胡同; 絕路; 困境

The Internet has proved a blind alley for many firms. 事實(shí)證明因特網(wǎng)對(duì)許多公司而言是一條行不通的路。