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

• It not only delay the time of drilling 、 extend drilling period 、 spend a lot of lost circulation material, but also cause a series of accident such as sticking 、 well spout 、 collapse.
  它不仅会延误钻井作业时间，延长钻井周期，耗费大量堵漏材料，还会引起卡钻、井喷、井塌等一系列复杂情况。
• 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。
• The lost Supreme Court case was not a lost cause, however.
  然而，输了最高法庭的案子并非一件失败的事情。
• 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。
• I bent the knee because I saw no sense in dying for the dead nor shedding Bracken blood in a lost cause.
  我在少狼主死了之后向您家族屈膝投降，是因为我认为给死人卖命，为了无法翻盘的败局让布雷肯家族白白流血，实在没有意义。
• 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。
• 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。
• When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.
  你拿了一手烂牌，还要继续玩到底。
• 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。
• Our efforts to change the unfair regulations at work turned out to be a lost cause.
  我们努力想改变不公平的工作规定，结果只是枉然。