hopeless的意思|hopeless的解释-里氏词典

hopeless ['hәuplis]

a. 无希望的, 绝望的, 不可救药的

hopeless

[ adj ]

without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

<adj.all>

in an agony of hopeless grief

with a hopeless sigh he sat down

of a person unable to do something skillfully

<adj.all>

I'm hopeless at mathematics

certain to fail

<adj.all>

the situation is hopeless

(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

<adj.all>

she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers

he is a hopeless romantic

Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
despairing.

I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak.

2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;
desperate; as, a hopeless cause.

The hopelessword of ``never to return''
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak.

3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. --
{Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n.

His condition is hopeless," said Yossi Fahima, an emergency service medic.
Without it, "nothing would have happened and all the existing hostages would be in the same hopeless situation as before."
Technical innovations plus growing international economic integration may not have the same ring to them as visions of a New Jerusalem or classless society but these old idealisms were hopeless and naive.
While the estimated long-term cost of bringing the system "up to standard" is a daunting amount, the U.S. cannot just write off the task as hopeless.
The cause seems hopeless.
"The bankruptcy judge asked me if I really wanted to do it, because it looked like a hopeless situation," recalls Mr. Durant.
In fact, efforts to sell GenCorp radio stations in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and San Francisco "are hopeless," he said.
Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union invaded Finland and met the fierce "ghost army" of white-clad ski troops whose gallant fight in a hopeless cause was admired around the world.
Our existence is hopeless." After the announcement of his death, several mourners gathered amid the neo-Gothic mausoleums of Montparnasse Cemetery to place flowers on his simple granite marker.
It is hopeless for a leading world financial power, which is also at the heart of the European Community.
If not we become pretty hopeless human beings." St. George's is in Quilmes, a city of 100,000 people 12 miles south of Buenos Aires.
We still haven't found a cure for cancer. 'So everyone said: 'See, there you are, science is bloody hopeless.
Typically, aspiring politicians have to run one or more hopeless campaigns before being selected in a district where they have a chance of winning.
A few years ago, Mrs. Eggert said she began to feel hopeless about ever changing her life.
Too often people have the impression that neonatal-care wards are mostly hopeless, the high cost is wasted and the survivors will lead tragic lives.
But West Germans have become increasingly concerned about the hopeless outlook for East German recovery that is driving 2,000 East Germans to the West each day.
Yusupov eventually emerged two pawns behind in a hopeless endgame.
But finding a cure isn't hopeless, says S.B. Jamile, who is handing out copies of the constitution of the Inyangas National Association, which he runs.
The U.S. League wants to restrict the Bank Board's powers to close troubled thrifts out of fear that regulators would close not only hopeless S&Ls but also ones that could work themselves out of trouble.
Some people thought Renault was in a hopeless situation then - and their problems at the time are of the same order as ours are today.
Those included 16,000 borrowers who have been "accelerated" by the agency, a process that leads to forced liquidation or foreclosure for hopeless cases.
Last month she called parents in to monitor Currin's classes, and "they are at a point where they think it is hopeless," she said.
Guyanan himself, he has chosen to make his own home in England, so perhaps the country is not quite as hopeless as he depicts it here.
According to Mr. Souflias, some of the ailing businesses will be publicly listed, others will be sold outright, and the most hopeless cases will be shut down.
We learn that Bob has inherited not only the family farm, a valuable piece of property, but also his younger brother D.J., a hopeless schizophrenic.
Shepard made his decision after months of being turned down by prominent Republicans unwilling to give up their current offices for what most consider to be a hopeless race to defeat incumbent Gov. William Donald Schaefer.
When I left I was well on the way to becoming one of that most hopeless of species, the addicted birdwatcher. The Gambia has had few fair shakes since it became a British slave-trading entrepot in the 18th century.
They did not seem angry or resentful as we bundled them into the 4x4 for processing and deportation back to Mexico - just hopeless and bone-weary.
Incidentally, I hear his punctuation was hopeless.
She said many Jews remain behind in "hopeless" situations because their relatives refuse to sign waivers permitting them to emigrate.

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