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...Monaitre was not the man to ally himself with lost or losing causes. (S. Heym, ‘Of Smiling Peace’, ch. V) —...Монетр был не из тех людей, которые поддерживают проигранное или обреченное на гибель дело.
‘It's a tall order for us, MacGregor,’ Essex said, ‘because the Foreign Minister failed... barely a week ago. So we are beginning with something of a lost cause.’ (J. Aldridge, ‘The Diplomat’, ch. I) — - Перед нами трудная задача, МакГрегор, - продолжал Эссекс. - Ведь всего неделя прошла с тех пор, как все попытки нашего министра иностранных дел... провалились. Так что нам придется начинать все сызнова.
2) погибшая душа, пропащий человекJimmy: "...I may be a lost cause, but I thought if you loved me, it needn't matter." (J. Osborne, ‘Look Back in Anger’, act III) — Джимми: "...Человек я, может быть, и пропащий, но, если вы любите меня, это не имеет значения."
Soon they gave him up as a lost cause. (M. Dickens, ‘The Listeners’, ch. 1) — Скоро они перестали иметь с ним дело, считая его человеком конченым.
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[͵lɒstʹkɔ:z]безнадёжное дело; недостижимая цельto fight for a lost cause - бороться за что-л., заранее обречённое на неудачу
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Pol., Jur. cause perdue d'avanceEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lost cause
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безнадежное дело;
недостижимая цель - to fight for a * бороться за что-л., заранее обреченное на неудачуБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > lost cause
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[ˌlɒst'kɔːz]Общая лексика: безнадёжное дело, недостижимая цель, проигранное дело, неисправимый человек, гиблое дело, дохлый номер -
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