lost cause

noun

1. 业已失败的事情；没有希望的事情
   something that has failed or that cannot succeed

1. N-COUNT 必败无疑的事；无望之人
   If you refer to something or someone as a 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。

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。
2. 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。
3. 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！
4. If the person is a lost cause, walk away.
   如果对方是个心怀鬼胎的人，直接转身离开。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Yet, they have provided quality medical service to local residents without asking for returns.40 doctors even lost their lives for this great cause.
   他们大多驻扎在贫困偏远地区，克服生活、医疗条件差等困难，以精湛的医术、高尚的医德为非洲人民提供了优质的医疗服务，甚至有40多名优秀医生献出了宝贵的生命。
9. But does teamwork have to be a lost cause?
   但是团队合作一定是徒劳无功的吗？
10. You're saying it's a lost cause, right?
    你说这件事失败了，是吗？
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. If the marriage doesn't take, it's a lost cause because divorce is out of the question.
    要是婚姻不如意，那就玩儿完了，因为离婚是不容许的。
19. 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。
20. It was a foolish risk, taken in a lost cause, but he was itching to get to it.
    这是一次愚蠢的冒险行动，是注定要失败的，然而他却迫不及待地想去试一试。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. One of the toughest decisions faced by hospital staff is how long to keep trying, and when to give up on a particular patient as a lost cause.
    医务人员最难做出的决定之一就是要对患者抢救多长时间，以及应在什么时候承认失败，放弃抢救。
24. When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.
    你拿了一手烂牌，还要继续玩到底。
25. The results show that the soil erosion on slope not only bring about soil nutrients lost, but also cause the soil physical property damaged, soil infiltration capability weakened.
    结果表明，土壤侵蚀造成表层耕作土壤的物理性能下降、养分流失和水分入渗能力降低。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. The implementation of sentence of imprisonment is mandatory. Once this power is lost of control and supervision, it will cause terrible impact. Therefore, such powers must be strictly monitored to be correctly used.
    监禁刑执行具有强制性的特点，但是这种权力一旦失去制约和监督就会产生可怕的后果，所以对这种权力必须依法进行严格监督，使之得到正确的行使和运用。
29. 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。
30. This article from the perspective of the psychology of the audience in-depth discussion and analysis of domestic animation from a prosperity to the lost cause.
    本文从观众心理的角度深入探讨和分析了国产动画从繁荣走向迷茫的原因。

noun

1. a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable