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

• Yet, they have provided quality medical service to local residents without asking for returns.40 doctors even lost their lives for this great cause.
  他们大多驻扎在贫困偏远地区，克服生活、医疗条件差等困难，以精湛的医术、高尚的医德为非洲人民提供了优质的医疗服务，甚至有40多名优秀医生献出了宝贵的生命。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.
  你拿了一手烂牌，还要继续玩到底。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！