lost cause
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT 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. 必?cái)o疑的事; 無望成功的人
They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a lost cause. 他們不想把精力投到他們認(rèn)爲(wèi)注定不會(huì)成功的事中去。
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lost cause (lost causes)
劍橋詞典
- someone or something that has no chance of succeeding
沒有希望的人（或事）
I used to try to get him to do some exercise but then decided he was a lost cause . 我曾試圖讓他運(yùn)動(dòng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，但後來覺得他真是無可救葯。 返回 lost cause