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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。