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

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。
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。
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。
But that's a lost cause, says d'Espagnat, who studied particle physics early in his career.
但这是一个败局已定。据说，伯纳德的基本粒子物理学是在他职业生涯的早期研究的。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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！
You're saying it's a lost cause, right?
你说这件事失败了，是吗？