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

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。
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。
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。
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。
When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.
你拿了一手烂牌，还要继续玩到底。
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。
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。
The fires in Complex is prone to make tremendous economic lost and cause lots of death because of the huge interior space, large fire load, complicated candidate and the difficulty of egress.
建筑综合体内部功能和空间复杂，火灾荷载大，人员复杂，容易形成火灾，而且火灾发生后疏散不易，容易造成严重的人员伤亡和经济损失。