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单词 dead loss
释义
dead loss
noun[S]
informal
uk
/ˌded ˈlɒs/us
/ˌded ˈlɑːs/
anactivityorprocessthat is not at alleffectiveorsuccessful:
无用功，白费力
Yesterday'smeetingwas adeadloss- nothing wasdecided.昨天的会白开了——什么都没有决定下来。
apersonwho is notsuccessfuloruseful:
废物；无用之人
I was adeadlossatlanguagesatschool.我上学时对各种语言课程总是一筹莫展。
Johnwas adeadloss- he juststoodthere and did nothing.约翰真没用——他干站在那里什么也不干。
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(Definition ofdead lossfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdead loss

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Other developments, after costing a lot of money, have ended indeadloss.
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As a propagandist, he is adeadloss.
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Television is adeadlossto the exhibitors, but it is a considerable help to the producers.
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To agree to anything of that kind means to me adeadlossat once.
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The old-fashioned idea of putting in a manager and bringing in third-rate touring companies is adeadloss.
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That was adeadlossto the farmer of a life's work.
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However, this short-lived experiment should not be written off as adeadloss.
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At the present moment the money is adeadloss.
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They think that something is in writing, and that they can go to the courts, but basically it is all adeadloss.
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Many ships are saved for the repair yards to-day which in earlier days would have been adeadlossto us.
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I think a period of no institutional advance is not to be regarded as a tragedy or adeadloss.
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Does he realise that to delay any longer means a furtherdeadloss?
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I believe that they are adeadloss.
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That was adeadlossto the community of £510,000.
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Of that, according to an answer given a year ago, £489,000 had been repaid at that date and £295,000 had been written off as adeadloss.
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