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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable

双语例句

• 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。
• But does teamwork have to be a lost cause?
  但是团队合作一定是徒劳无功的吗？
• If the marriage doesn't take, it's a lost cause because divorce is out of the question.
  要是婚姻不如意，那就玩儿完了，因为离婚是不容许的。
• 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。
• The fires in Complex is prone to make tremendous economic lost and cause lots of death because of the huge interior space, large fire load, complicated candidate and the difficulty of egress.
  建筑综合体内部功能和空间复杂，火灾荷载大，人员复杂，容易形成火灾，而且火灾发生后疏散不易，容易造成严重的人员伤亡和经济损失。
• If the individual doesn't declare a change of heart within six to eight weeks, he's probably a lost cause.
  如果问题员工在六到八个星期内，依然没有改邪归正，可能只能放弃他了。
• You're saying it's a lost cause, right?
  你说这件事失败了，是吗？
• Our efforts to change the unfair regulations at work turned out to be a lost cause.
  我们努力想改变不公平的工作规定，结果只是枉然。
• 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。
• When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.
  你拿了一手烂牌，还要继续玩到底。