"up a blind alley" 怎么发音

expression

US

UHP uh BLIND AL-ee

UK

UP uh BLIND AL-ee

释义

If you are up a blind alley, you are following a plan or idea that leads nowhere and will not succeed. It describes a situation with no way forward or solution.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈəp/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈbɫaɪnd/ /ˈæɫi

英式英语

ˈʌp/ /æɪ/ /blˈaɪnd/ /ˈæli

简化发音

美式

UHP uh BLIND AL-ee

英式

UP uh BLIND AL-ee

语境中听

I feel like we're up a blind alley with this puzzle.

All my research has led up a blind alley.

If the negotiations continue like this, we'll end up a blind alley.

We thought we had a solution, but we were really up a blind alley the whole time.