| 单词 | lost cause |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔FAIL〕At first it seemed the attempt to save the species was a lost cause. 起初拯救那一物种的尝试似乎是注定不会成功的。朗文写作活用〔FAIL〕The miners’ strike of 1984 turned out to be a lost cause. 1984年的矿工罢工最终成了无可挽回的败局。朗文写作活用〔cause〕I'm a lost cause when it comes to anything technical.一遇到技术问题，我就不行了。韦氏高阶〔cause〕She decided her acting career was a lost cause.她认定她的演艺事业注定要失败。韦氏高阶〔construe〕Insisting that 'data' be construed with the plural form of a verb is rapidly turning into a lost cause.坚持认为data应与动词复数形式连用的观点正在迅速失势。外研社新世纪〔crack〕Their attempt to paper over the cracks is a lost cause.他们掩盖问题的企图注定会失败。外研社新世纪〔lost cause〕He's a lost cause.他已无可救药。外研社新世纪〔lost cause〕I used to try to get him to do some exercise but then decided he was a lost cause.我曾试图让他运动运动，但后来觉得他真是无可救药。剑桥高阶〔lost cause〕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。柯林斯高阶〔lost cause〕They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a lost cause.他们不想在他们看来毫无希望的事情上花费力气。外研社新世纪〔lost〕Trying to interest my son in classical music is a lost cause.让我儿子对古典音乐产生兴趣是不可能的事。朗文当代〔utopian〕Kennedy had no time for lost causes or famous failures, no patience with dreamers or liberal utopians.肯尼迪无暇在那些毫无前途的事业或出了名的失败事例上劳神费心，也没有耐心去应付梦想家或自由主义空想家。柯林斯高阶I've tried three times to get my book back from her but it's a lost cause (=something that is impossible).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。剑桥国际She's always supporting some lost cause or other.她一直支持这样或那样的不可能成功的活动。剑桥国际 |
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