1 giving no hope that sth/sb will be successful or get better 无望的;绝望的:
It's hopeless. There is nothing we can do.没有希望了。我们也没有办法。
2 (informal 非正式)hopeless (at sth) (especially Brit 尤为英) (used about a person) often doing things wrong; very bad at doing sth (指人)常常做错事,(在某方面)很不行:
I'm absolutely hopeless at tennis.我网球打得糟透了。 ➔hopelesslyadvThey were hopelessly lost.他们完全迷了路。 ➔hopelessnessnoun [U]
hopeless/ˋhopləs; ˈhəʊpləs/adj 1 if something you try to do is hopeless, it is certain to fail 没有成功可能的﹔无望的: It was a hopeless task . 这是一项不可能完成的任务。2 very bad and not likely to get better 没有希望(好转)的: The situation seemed hopeless. 局势看起来无可挽救了。3 especially BrE informal very bad at doing something 【尤英, 非正式】糟透的﹐不行的﹐无能的: +at I’m hopeless at spelling. 我拼写很差。+with He's hopeless with machinery. 他对机械一窍不通。4 feeling that you have no hope (感到)绝望的: a hopeless look on her face 她脸上的绝望表情 —hopelessly adv
hopelessadjective1with no hope of success: a hopeless situationIt's hopeless trying to work with all this noise!2(informal) very bad: I'm hopeless at tennis.▶ hopelesslyadverb: We got hopelessly lost in the forest.