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
Hi. Fill 'er up.
嗨， 把油箱加满。
Yak, yak, yak.
哇哇哇！
Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
为此，他甚至一次也没能把自己的车开进车库。