A lost cause
已失败的事业;大势已去
🧩 词语组成解析
lost
[lɔst]
adj. 失去的;迷路的;不知所措的;
v. 遗失，失去（ lose的过去式和过去分词）;（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）;（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失;浪费;
cause
[kɔz]
n. 原因;动机;理由;事业;
vt. 成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受;
🗣️ 情景例句
How's that again.
你再说一次？
Men know where they were born, not where they shall die.
人能知其生于何地，不能知其死于何方。
Lin Tao did quite well, but Bill did better than Lin Tao.
林涛跳得相当高，但是比尔比林涛跳得更高。