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

• 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。
• His attempt to row across the Atlantic in a bathtub was a lost cause right from the start!
  他用澡盆横渡大西洋的企图从一开始就是注定要失败的！
• 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。
• I've tried three times to get my book back from her but it's a lost cause.
  我已经三次试图从她那儿把我的书要回来，可是一点都没用。
• 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。
• The implementation of sentence of imprisonment is mandatory. Once this power is lost of control and supervision, it will cause terrible impact. Therefore, such powers must be strictly monitored to be correctly used.
  监禁刑执行具有强制性的特点，但是这种权力一旦失去制约和监督就会产生可怕的后果，所以对这种权力必须依法进行严格监督，使之得到正确的行使和运用。
• One of the toughest decisions faced by hospital staff is how long to keep trying, and when to give up on a particular patient as a lost cause.
  医务人员最难做出的决定之一就是要对患者抢救多长时间，以及应在什么时候承认失败，放弃抢救。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。