dead loss

劍橋詞典

an activity or process that is not at all effective or successful
無用功，白費(fèi)力
Yesterday's meeting was a dead loss - nothing was decided . 昨天的會(huì)白開了——什么都沒有決定下來。

a person who is not successful or useful
廢物；無用之人
I was a dead loss at languages at school . 我上學(xué)時(shí)對(duì)各種語言課程總是一籌莫展。
John was a dead loss - he just stood there and did nothing. 約翰真沒用——他干站在那里什么也不干。 返回 dead loss