lost cause
英 [ˌlɒst ˈkɔːz]
美 [ˌlɔːst ˈkɔːz]
n. 业已失败的事情; 没有希望的事情
牛津词典
noun
- 业已失败的事情；没有希望的事情
something that has failed or that cannot succeed
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 必败无疑的事；无望之人
If you refer to something or someone asa lost cause, you mean that people's attempts to change or influence them have no chance of succeeding.- They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a lost cause.
他们不想把精力投到他们认为注定不会成功的事中去。
- They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a lost cause.
英英释义
noun
- a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
双语例句
- You're saying it's a lost cause, right?
你说这件事失败了，是吗？ - But that's a lost cause, says d'Espagnat, who studied particle physics early in his career.
但这是一个败局已定。据说，伯纳德的基本粒子物理学是在他职业生涯的早期研究的。 - Some were wasting their energies on a lost cause though-six percent revealed they had secretly fancied the groom, with three per cent admitting they had even been romantically involved with the man of the hour before he met his bride.
一些人把精力浪费在注定失败的事情上&6%的受访者表示她们偷偷地觊觎过新郎，3%的人承认她们在新娘和新郎相识之前，和新郎曾有一段恋情。 - Nono Booto'o Mouthe, also a member of the network, said the unwavering circulation of arms in Central Africa does not mean they are fighting a lost cause.
oMouthe也是该组织成员。她表示，中非武器走私根深蒂固并不意味着他们打击武器走私的事业终将失败。 - He is a tone deaf, so he is a lost cause when it comes to music.
他对音调一点感觉也没有，所以听音乐的时候他就无可救药了。 - And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.
我会留在这，为已经遗失的目标奋斗。 - Yet, they have provided quality medical service to local residents without asking for returns.40 doctors even lost their lives for this great cause.
他们大多驻扎在贫困偏远地区，克服生活、医疗条件差等困难，以精湛的医术、高尚的医德为非洲人民提供了优质的医疗服务，甚至有40多名优秀医生献出了宝贵的生命。 - Finding love where you labor is never a lost cause.
在你工作地方寻找爱不是注定要失败的。 - The owner of Source doesn't provide any technical support, nor liable to Users for any lost or damage that cause by the Source.
著作权人不提供技术支持，同时不承担由于使用者使用自由资源造成任何损失的责任。 - It was a foolish risk, taken in a lost cause, but he was itching to get to it.
这是一次愚蠢的冒险行动，是注定要失败的，然而他却迫不及待地想去试一试。