hopeless
adjective /ˈhəʊpləs/
/ˈhəʊpləs/
- if something is hopeless, there is no hope that it will get better or succeed
没有好转（或成功）希望的；无望的 - a hopeless situation
无可挽救的局势 - It's hopeless trying to convince her.
想说服她简直是徒劳。 - Most of the students are making good progress, but Michael is a hopeless case.
大多数学生都很有进步，唯有迈克尔不可救药。 - He felt that his life was a hopeless mess.
他觉得他生活得狼狈不堪。
Topics Difficulty and failureb2- The situation seemed completely hopeless.
情况似乎毫无希望。 - The situation seems increasingly hopeless.
形势似乎越来越无望。 - He wanted to warn her how hopeless her case was.
他想警告她她的情况有多糟糕。 - There were some things it was hopeless to discuss with him.
有些事情和他讨论是没有希望的。 - Winning the title is out of the question now—it's a hopeless cause.
赢得冠军现在是不可能的了——这是一项无望的事业。
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- a hopeless situation
- (British English, informal) extremely bad
极差的；糟糕透顶的 - The buses are absolutely hopeless these days!
如今的公共汽车简直糟透了。
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- The buses are absolutely hopeless these days!
- (especially British English) (of people
人 不能胜任的；无能的；缺乏技能的 - He's an absolutely hopeless driver.
他是一个毫无希望的司机。 - hopeless at something I'm hopeless at science.
我对理科一窍不通。 - hopeless with something I've always been hopeless with machinery.
我对机械一直是一窍不通。
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- He's an absolutely hopeless driver.
- feeling or showing no hope
感到（或显得）无望的 - She felt lonely and hopeless.
她感到孤独绝望。
- She felt lonely and completely hopeless.
她觉得孤寂、绝望。 - With a hopeless shrug of resignation, he turned back.
他绝望地耸了耸肩，无可奈何地转过身去。
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- She felt lonely and hopeless.