losing battle

常见例句

Hundreds of Tuareg fighters stood by him as his regime fought a losing battle for survival.
在上校最终败北的生存之战中，几百名柏柏尔族战士站在了他的一方。
This novel describes the final echoes of the newspaper story: dedication and ambition fighting a losing battle against backbiting and cheeseparing, and ending in a largely unlamented closure.
本书描绘了报业传奇的最终回响：奉献精神、雄心壮志注定要败给造谣诽谤、斤斤计较，到头来关门倒闭也无人哀叹。
Some who oppose the unhealthy culture choose to be silent for fear of losing future grant opportunities. Others who want change take the attitude of "wait and see, " rather than risk a losing battle.
一些反对这套不健康文化体系的科研工作者选择了沉默，因为他们害怕未来失去获得科研基金的机会。

Parties now have more than a month to make their case to voters, but the LDP may be fighting a losing battle.
It was a losing battle.
这已注定是一场败仗
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One side wins the argument and the battle, and sometimes the ill will is so great that the losing side feels either that it has to flee for its safety, or it chooses to flee rather than to live under their opponents.
若是其中一方获胜,有时候失势的一方面临威胁,会离开这个地方以求自保,或者是逃离他们的敌对派系的压迫
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And nations that try to restrict these freedoms are in a losing battle with liberty.
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Until then it will have to continue its losing battle against the digital distribution of online bootlegs.
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Attempting to create a mechanistic model for how software development should be performed is a losing battle.
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