when the tools of creation and access are so profoundly democratized, many (if not most)of the pros will find themselves fighting a losing battle to save their careers.
当创造和传播信息的工具被任何普通人都能够随意使用的时候,许多(如果不是大多数)新闻记者将会发现,为拯救他们的职业,他们在进行一场不可能胜利的战争。
this novel describes the final echoes of the newspaper story: dedication and ambition fighting a losing battle against backbiting and cheeseparing, and ending in a largely unlamented closure.
本书描绘了报业传奇的最终回响:奉献精神、雄心壮志注定要败给造谣诽谤、斤斤计较,到头来关门倒闭也无人哀叹。
and so far, prison officials are fighting a losing battle to keep inmates from obtaining cell phones and using them to communicate with people both inside and outside prison walls.
狱卒们正尽力防止手机落入囚犯之手,阻止囚犯用手机与监狱内外的人联系,但迄今为止,这场战斗胜利的希望渺茫。
the advocates of the old system have been fighting a losing battle for a long time.
旧制度的拥护者们长期以来一直在从事一场毫无希望的斗争。
the hungarian city of pecs is fighting a losing battle against padlocks which lovers are secretly clamping on statues and gates all over the city center as symbols of their enduring affection.
匈牙利城市佩奇目前正在打一场无望取胜之仗,对手竟然是爱侣们秘密固定在市中心的雕像和大门之上、用以像征其爱情永恒的挂锁。