商务英语：今日热词——注定失败者
《财富》（中文版）
2013年09月10日
EXAMPLE: My favorite basketball team has lost every game so far this year, and I'm starting to think that it's a lost cause.
今年，我最喜欢的篮球队输掉了到目前为止的所有比赛，我开始相信，这支队伍肯定没戏了。
今年，我最喜欢的篮球队输掉了到目前为止的所有比赛，我开始相信，这支队伍肯定没戏了。
今日单词：
| 单词 | assuage |
| 中文释义 |
缓和、缓解（及物动词） |
| 英文释义 |
(transitive verb) To make something painful less severe; to soothe. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: When his wife died suddenly, nothing his friends or family could say was able to assuage the sad husband's terrible grief. 妻子突然逝世，朋友和家人说什么也无法缓解这位丈夫的深深悲痛。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 |
a lost cause |
| 中文释义 |
注定失败者 |
| 英文释义 |
A person, group, idea, or situation without any hope of success or improvement. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: My favorite basketball team has lost every game so far this year, and I'm starting to think that it's a lost cause. 今年，我最喜欢的篮球队输掉了到目前为止的所有比赛，我开始相信，这支队伍肯定没戏了。 |
