the police force is fighting a losing battle against a rising tide of crime
警察针对犯罪增加所采取的行动无望取胜。
Example sentencesExamples
Whether he likes it or not, he is in the early stages of a losing battle.
I tried to get them to think more clearly and rigorously but it was a losing battle from the start.
She could have ran, but she stayed to fight the losing battle.
That desperate struggle soon became a losing battle.
Although he'd been away from the battlefield for an eternity, he still longed to fight the losing battle, as he was now.
He braved the heat to try and put out the fire with a garden hose but it was a losing battle.
I regularly do my ‘bit’ by clearing away the litter that gathers but it seems to be a losing battle.
When I was a technology and telecommunications analyst at a large investment bank, I fought something of a losing battle over this point.
I soon began to realize this was a losing battle with the paint.
We tried to correct this impression, but it's a losing battle.
Worn windshield wipers struggle in a losing battle against torrents of rain.
I fought tears hard but it was definitely a losing battle.
It was a grueling race, one that I lightly refer to as my losing battle.
The government so far is waging a losing battle against opium poppies.
With the tools we have today, we're fighting a losing battle.
These quotations provide an historical context through which we watch the losing battle of the deaf community to retain its own language.
Trying to dictate pleasure to a pluralistic society is a losing battle.
We're going to feel overwhelmed by all the battles that need to be fought, depressed beyond belief by all the hits we'll sustain in the process of trying to fight all those losing battles.
But I quickly realized this was a losing battle.
Consumer-goods companies are fighting what appears to be a losing battle with their customers and the retailers who sell their goods.
Definition of losing battle in US English:
losing battle
noun
A struggle that seems certain to end in failure.
必败之战；无望获胜的事业
the police force is fighting a losing battle against a rising tide of crime
警察针对犯罪增加所采取的行动无望取胜。
Example sentencesExamples
With the tools we have today, we're fighting a losing battle.
These quotations provide an historical context through which we watch the losing battle of the deaf community to retain its own language.
That desperate struggle soon became a losing battle.
He braved the heat to try and put out the fire with a garden hose but it was a losing battle.
I fought tears hard but it was definitely a losing battle.
We're going to feel overwhelmed by all the battles that need to be fought, depressed beyond belief by all the hits we'll sustain in the process of trying to fight all those losing battles.
Whether he likes it or not, he is in the early stages of a losing battle.
I tried to get them to think more clearly and rigorously but it was a losing battle from the start.
Consumer-goods companies are fighting what appears to be a losing battle with their customers and the retailers who sell their goods.
When I was a technology and telecommunications analyst at a large investment bank, I fought something of a losing battle over this point.
She could have ran, but she stayed to fight the losing battle.
Worn windshield wipers struggle in a losing battle against torrents of rain.
We tried to correct this impression, but it's a losing battle.
But I quickly realized this was a losing battle.
I regularly do my ‘bit’ by clearing away the litter that gathers but it seems to be a losing battle.
I soon began to realize this was a losing battle with the paint.
The government so far is waging a losing battle against opium poppies.
Although he'd been away from the battlefield for an eternity, he still longed to fight the losing battle, as he was now.
It was a grueling race, one that I lightly refer to as my losing battle.
Trying to dictate pleasure to a pluralistic society is a losing battle.