英语释义

1. to try to do something that one will not be able to do

片语

fighting a losing battle从事一项毫无成功希望的斗争

a losing battle一场败仗

Losing g battle必败之战

Fight a losing battle从事一项毫无成功希望的斗争

lost game losing battle失败的局面

英汉例句

• one way db does this is with access to its tracks: interconnex, owned by veolia (a french group), fought a losing battle to run a passenger service between frankfurt and cologne.

  db采用的一种方法是其轨道的接入权：veolia（一家法国集团）拥有的interconnex就法兰克福和科隆之间的客运服务争夺战中失败了。

• there was mr. obama sitting courtside recently alongside astonished fans at the verizon center as he cheered on the chicago bulls in a losing battle against the washington wizards.

  最近总统奥巴马和吃惊不已的球迷们一起坐在verizon中心的球场边上，在一场芝加哥公牛队败北于华盛顿奇才队的比赛中，他为芝加哥公牛队喝彩。

• 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。

• 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。

• but it will be a losing battle if the family unit itself is not involved because i believe the committee「s success is rooted in a revamp of an entire culture built from 37 years of independence.

  但如果没有家庭单位的参与，这种行动将会是一场失败之战，因为我认为只有彻底改变独立37年来形成的一种整体文化，改造新加坡委员会才能取得成功。

• but it will be a losing battle if the family unit itself is not involved because i believe the committee」s success is rooted in a revamp of an entire culture built from 37 years of independence.

  但是，如果不能取得家长的支持，那肯定就像是在打一场必败之仗。我认为，委员会要取得成功，必须将我们独立后37年来所建立的文化价值观，改头换面。

• 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。

• the rapidly modernizing india of call centers and brand-obsessed youth has scant use for tinkers or bear trainers, and pastoralists are in a losing battle with industry and urban sprawl.

  印度现代化进程迅速，电话中心蓬勃兴起，追逐品牌的狂热年轻人，他们认为不需要缝缝补补的修补匠，或者驯兽员，而在与工业革命和城市革命的肉搏中，吟游诗人也败阵下来。

• hundreds of tuareg fighters stood by him as his regime fought a losing battle for survival.

  在上校最终败北的生存之战中，几百名柏柏尔族战士站在了他的一方。

• policy makers continue to wage a losing battle against deflation;

  决策者继续与通货紧缩打着一场必败之仗；

• as viewed by christopher whalen, america「s financial history has been one losing battle after another against the 「twin demons」 of debt and inflation.

  正如克里斯托弗?惠伦的观点，美国的金融史是对抗债务和通货膨胀这对「孪生恶魔」的一场又一场败局。

• but the episode was a losing battle in israel」s drawn-out war in 2010 to maintain its international reputation.

  但结果是，在这场2010年旷日持久的论战中，以色列是用一场败仗来维持其国际声望的。

• while she gamely tried to maintain her poise and dignity philip the princess royal and princes charles and harry fought a losing battle to stifle their mirth .

  女王尽力保持着镇静和尊严，而菲利普亲王、长公主、查尔斯王储和哈里王子已经忍俊不禁了。

• shortly after i became president, mahlon began a long, losing battle against cancer.

  我担任总统之后不久，马伦开始与癌癥展开了长期的的斗争，但他的病已经医不好了。