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

• 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。
• This article from the perspective of the psychology of the audience in-depth discussion and analysis of domestic animation from a prosperity to the lost cause.
  本文从观众心理的角度深入探讨和分析了国产动画从繁荣走向迷茫的原因。
• When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.
  你拿了一手烂牌，还要继续玩到底。
• 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。
• 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。
• He wants very much to get a job in the film industry, and he takes no notice of me when I tell him it's a lost cause.
  他很想在电影行业中找一份工作，我告诉他这是失败的事业，他却没把它放在心上。
• 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。
• The results show that the soil erosion on slope not only bring about soil nutrients lost, but also cause the soil physical property damaged, soil infiltration capability weakened.
  结果表明，土壤侵蚀造成表层耕作土壤的物理性能下降、养分流失和水分入渗能力降低。
• 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。