lost cause

美 　英

• n.業(yè)已失敗的事情；沒有希望的事情
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)注定要失敗的努力；敗局命定；敗局注定

詞形變化

復數(shù)：lost causes  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.	1. 已告失敗[必將失敗]的事業(yè)[運動]

英英解釋

n.	1. someone or something that will never succeed or improve

例句

It was, generally, regarded as something of a lost cause.

一般來說，那是一個注定要失敗的品牌。

"I was lost, 'cause I had been out of school for so long. You know, I was young and had a crazy mind, " he says.

“沒人會關(guān)心我，因為我已經(jīng)失學好長時間了。你知道，我人不大，但心很野，”他說。

His attempt to row across the Atlantic in a bath was a lost cause right from the start!

他用澡盆橫渡大西洋的企圖從一開始就是注定要失敗的。

It's read and replayed and ends the same way Stop expecting change, he's just a lost cause that you're waiting on.

它的讀取和重放，并以同樣的方式結(jié)束停止預期的變化，他只是一個失敗的事業(yè)，你等著。

Some see Japan's unilateral intervention as a lost cause and say that Tokyo should pressure its biggest trading partner to help.

有人將日本的單邊干預看成是一個注定要失敗的舉動，他們說東京方面應該向其最大的貿(mào)易伙伴施壓，以此來尋求幫助。

Various explanations have been offered for why Saif would give up the high-flying life to become a warrior for his father's lost cause.

人們對賽義夫放棄光明追隨他父親去捍衛(wèi)已逝的事業(yè)給出了各種各樣的解釋。

In many enterprises in rare earth separation, low value of the element is not one to be abandoned, as at lost, cause pollution and waste.

在不少分離企業(yè)，稀土中價值低的元素是沒人要的，被當作廢礦隨意丟掉了，造成污染和浪費。

'If it's over, it's over, ' says the 28-year-old marketing representative. 'I don't believe in holding on to a lost cause. '

28歲的蕭是個營銷代表。她說，結(jié)束了就是結(jié)束了，我認為注定無果的事就不要再去堅持了。

The police searched for the missing girl for two weeks, but finally gave it up as a lost cause.

警方找了那名失蹤少女兩個禮拜，最后終因尋獲的希望渺茫而放棄。

Trying to interest my son in classical music is a lost cause.

讓我的兒子對古典音樂感興趣是不可能的事情。

Others see the White House as a lost cause, whereas liberal Democrats, including Jewish ones, seem increasingly unfriendly.

盡管自由民主黨，包括猶太自由民主黨變得越來越敵對，另一些人則把視白宮政府為“丟掉”埃及的一個原因。

He speaks from experience as he humorously condemns the phony feudalism of "the lost cause" (slavery).

他根據(jù)自己的親身經(jīng)歷，不無幽默地譴責所謂“覆敗之事業(yè)”（奴隸制）裝腔作勢的封建主義。

That's not to say that phonon information processing is a lost cause.

這不是說繩子信息處理是不靠譜的。

I was hoping this trip would provide some much-needed field experience for what I feared was a lost cause.

我希望這次旅行能彌補這門缺失卻重要的一課。

It was a foolish risk, taken in a lost cause, but he was itching to get to it.

這是一次愚蠢的冒險行動，是注定要失敗的，然而他卻迫不及待地想去試一試。

To atone for that Tyrion made an attempt to teach her cyvasse, though he soon realized that was a lost cause.

作為補償提利昂決定教她錫瓦斯棋。雖然他很快意識到這一點也不明智。

She wondered if Melanie, in the midst of mourning for the lost Cause , had thought of this.

媚蘭在哀悼主義的時候是否也想到了這一點，她不知道。

"The state department basically saw it as a lost cause, " says one state department official.

“國務(wù)院基本上認為這件事沒什么指望，”美國國務(wù)院一名官員表示。

Another apparently lost cause, immigration reform, is unpopular with conservatives, but is supported by many businesspeople.

移民改革法案，明顯也將失敗，因為保守派不支持，但是很多商人卻支持。

Our efforts to change the unfair regulations at work turned out to be a lost cause.

我們努力想改變不公平的工作規(guī)定，結(jié)果只是枉然。

If the Lost Cause, sanctified by so much heroism and so many deaths, had a living justification, its justification was General Lee.

如果這場注定以失敗告終的戰(zhàn)爭、這場因為無數(shù)的英雄事跡和無數(shù)生靈的犧牲而變得神圣的戰(zhàn)爭，有任何存在理由的話，那這個理由就是李。

Are you lost ? cause it is so strange to see an angel so far from heaven.

你迷路了么？看到天使離天堂這么遠真是奇怪。

Presumably the companies working together on International Data Privacy Day don't believe that privacy online is a lost cause.

也許在“國際數(shù)據(jù)隱私日”上參與合作的公司并不相信網(wǎng)絡(luò)隱私保護已經(jīng)失敗。

Not as adviser to Mr Bush; most politicos have given the president up as a lost cause.

不過，這位繼任者卻并非布什先生的顧問——許多政治家認為他窮途末路，已然棄之而去。

They were so fast and so eager to get away from all of us crazy tourists with their long shiny lenses that I figured it was a lost cause.

它們爬得是那么快，是那么不情愿靠近我們這些拿著閃亮長鏡頭的著迷游客。

Sumatra may be a lost cause, like much of Kalimantan.

蘇門答臘可能保不住了，就像加里曼丹大部分地區(qū)一樣。

Co-operation on fiscal reform might not be a lost cause, after all.

合作展開財政改革或許終究不會成為一項注定失敗的任務(wù)。

Not everyone views the notion of real appreciation in real estate as a lost cause.

也不是所有人都認為房價上漲是敗局已定。

John 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.

約翰極想在電影界找個工作，我告訴他事早晚成不了，但他卻毫不理會。

I don't know why you think that you're a lost cause.

我不明白為什么你認為自己肯定不行呢？

when to give up on a particular patient as a lost cause.

應在什么時候放棄搶救一個已注定無法救活的病人。

But that's a lost cause, says d'Espagnat, who studied particle physics early in his career.

但這是一個敗局已定。據(jù)說，伯納德的基本粒子物理學是在他職業(yè)生涯的早期研究的。

It didn't take long for Renault to decide that the R29 was a lost cause, the team halting development and focusing on 2010 plans.

雷諾沒多久決定，R29是一個失敗的項目，車隊緩慢地研發(fā)并將精力投向2010年的計劃。

Sensing a lost cause, he changed tactics.

當他意識到損失出現(xiàn)時，他改變了策略。

Forget it. We tried, but phase three is a lost cause.

算了，我們試過了但第三階段沒希望了

Finding love where you labor is never a lost cause.

在你工作地方尋找愛不是注定要失敗的。

It will not make the British public love the EU: that is a lost cause.

英國民眾是不會就此對歐盟產(chǎn)生什么好感的，“公共表決制”注定會以失敗告終。

You fight for a marriage, and sometimes even that is a lost cause.

你為一場婚姻而戰(zhàn)即使敗局已定

Conquest of Britain is a lost cause.

征服大不列顛注定會是一件失敗的事。

"It's seen as a lost cause. "

“公司認為這是一份注定要失敗的業(yè)務(wù)。”