This behavior qualifies as needy when the guy suspects the relationship is going nowhere but can't put the brakes on.

当人们产生怀疑爱情无法继续但又停止不了时，这种行为成为了一种需求。

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Raphael: I guess I lost you already along the way, as this is not about going nowhere.

拉斐尔：我猜想我已经顺着这方式把你给弄丢了，由于这并不是关于无处可去。

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Emmanuel Adebayor is going nowhere this summer.

阿德巴约这个夏天什么地方也不会去。

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"We will try to pressurise Argentina so that it sees that this road is going nowhere, " he said after meeting Hillary Clinton.

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"Unless this policy changes, I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis - who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes - one day will look around and say hey, this country is going nowhere, " he told Reuters news agency in a pre-election interview.

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He made a very brief speech concluding with the comment that, "this is a debate that is going nowhere".

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