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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。
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。