To be at a dead end; to be at the end of one's tether, facing an irreversible decline or a desperate and hopeless situation, like an arduous journey reaching its end at dusk.
经过多年的奋斗，他感叹自己已步入老年，精力大不如前，有种途遥日暮的感慨
After years of struggle, he sighed, feeling that he had entered old age, with much less energy than before, a sense of having a long road ahead with dusk approaching.
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