dead loss

劍橋詞典

an activity or process that is not at all effective or successful
無用功，白費力
Yesterday's meeting was a dead loss - nothing was decided . 昨天的會白開了——什麼都沒有決定下來。

a person who is not successful or useful
廢物；無用之人
I was a dead loss at languages at school . 我上學(xué)時對各種語言課程縂是一籌莫展。
John was a dead loss - he just stood there and did nothing. 約翰真沒用——他乾站在那裡什麼也不乾。 返回 dead loss