今天我們要學的詞是dead-end。 Dead-end, 是死胡同或是僵局的意思。 "The negotiation has hit a dead-end," 談判陷入了僵局。 "Detectives are at a dead-end in their investigation of the bomb attack," 刑偵人員對炸彈襲擊案件的調查走進了一條死胡同。
由于經(jīng)濟不景氣,美國很多州都在急著解決預算短缺的問題。 "In Montana, a proposed state tax hike on thriving oil and gas operations has hit a dead end," 在蒙塔那州,一項有關對生意興隆的石油和天然氣企業(yè)增加稅收的州內議案陷入了僵局。好的,今天我們學習的詞是dead-end...