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

• Shannon, I assure you and all who have lost a loved one that our cause is just, and our country will never forget the debt we owe Micheal and all who gave their lives for freedom.
  香农，我向你，以及所有永失我爱的人们保证，我们的目标是伸张正义，这个国家永远不会忘记我们对米歇尔，以及所有为自由奉献生命者所欠下的债。
• 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。
• If the person is a lost cause, walk away.
  如果对方是个心怀鬼胎的人，直接转身离开。
• 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。
• Through count market forces, We analysis the social welfare lost cause by monopoly and discuss the method of surveying market forces 'economic effect.
  我们通过计算市场势力，分析因垄断所造成的社会福利损失，讨论测量市场势力的经济效应的方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。