Čo znamená lost cause v angličtine a aká je definícia lost cause?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť lost cause výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

lost cause Význam & definícia

0 someone or something that has no chance of succeeding:
- I used to try to get him to do some exercise but then decided he was a lost cause.
1 something that cannot be achieved:
- It rained all weekend, so painting the house was a lost cause.

A portable implementation for call/cc using the natural mapping is a lost cause.
It accepts that some formulations of the doctrine are a lost cause.
Those who try to resist going into such villages are also fighting a lost cause.
Or why they so strongly imply that any presumption of long-term action for a better world is likely to be a lost cause?
These results demonstrate that while the urban areas presented more of a challenge for the governing party, they were by no means a lost cause.
I am afraid that is a lost cause.
One vociferous defence of a lost cause was the exception.
I am convinced that they are in some degree defending a lost cause.