He pitied people who were stuck in dead-end jobs.

他很同情那些工作上毫无前途的人。

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If you're stuck in a dead-end role, create a new role for yourself.

如果你还停留在迷茫的角色之中，就给自己赋予一个新的角色。

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Have you ever started on a particular task, only to end up feeling overwhelmed or bewildered? Sometimes, it's a mistake to jump straight into a particular piece of work – you'll soon end up stuck.

你是不是有过开始一项新任务，结果感到不堪重负和迷茫? 有时候，盲目的开始适得其反，因为很快你会被困难卡住。

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The bill seemed to curl up as if it had been rolled and stuck into the end of a gun barrel.

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She doesn't end the mask stuck to Comus' chair.

她并未理会粘在科玛斯座椅上的面具。

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And so we end up stuck in serious problems rather than moving forward with workable solutions.

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Flights that took off without a wait can now end up stuck waiting behind a line of jets because departure times have been changed.

WSJ: Flight Times Grow As Airlines Pad Schedules

It is thought that up to 95% of undocumented migrants entering the European Union arrive via Greece, and because border controls make it hard to continue into the rest of Europe many end up stuck in the country.

BBC: The tourists held by Greek police as illegal migrants