"lost cause" 怎么发音
expression
ˈɫɔst/ /ˈkɑz/, /ˈkɔz
LAWST kawz
lˈɒst/ /kˈɔːz
LOST kawz
释义
A 'lost cause' is a person or situation where success is thought to be impossible, and efforts to help are unlikely to work.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈɫɔst/ /ˈkɑz/, /ˈkɔz
英式英语
lˈɒst/ /kˈɔːz
简化发音
美式
LAWST kawz
英式
LOST kawz
语境中听
Helping him with math feels like a lost cause.
After so many failures, the project is a lost cause.
I think fixing this old computer is a lost cause.
Trying to convince her to change her mind is a lost cause.