"the end of the road" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 路的尽头
• 绝境

Definition

这个表达表示一个过程、情况或旅程的终结，通常是指无法再继续前进的时候。可以指字面或比喻的结束。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

既可以用字面意思指真的走到路的尽头，也常用比喻意义指过程或事情的终点，“没有退路了”。常见于讨论事业、感情等终结时。语气带有决断感，较为口语化。

Examples

When we reached the end of the road, we turned around.

当我们到达了**路的尽头**，我们就掉头了。

The project has come to the end of the road.

这个项目已经走到了**路的尽头**。

For some patients, this treatment is the end of the road.

对一些病人来说，这种治疗就是**绝境**。

It looks like this is the end of the road for our team this season.

看起来我们队本赛季已经到了**路的尽头**。

After years of struggling, he knew he had reached the end of the road.

多年挣扎后，他知道自己已经到了**路的尽头**。

Sorry, but it's the end of the road—there's nothing more we can do.

很抱歉，但这已经是**绝境**了——我们无能为力。