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]