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？
• 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。
• 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。
• But does teamwork have to be a lost cause?
  但是团队合作一定是徒劳无功的吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。