00038573-n 'a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement';
Definitions
- English
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a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
― all the clues led the police into blind alleys; so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley
- Japanese
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非生産的で改善の見込みのない行動
― すべての手がかりが警察を袋小路に導いた; これまで、我々がいたあらゆる道は、袋小路であると判明した
Relations
Hypernym: |
course
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Domain–Usage: |
trope
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Semantic Field: |
actn |
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