hopeless

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

hope‧less S3 /ˈhəʊpləs $ ˈhoʊp-/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: ↑hope, ↑hopefulness ≠ ↑hopelessness, ↑hopeful; verb: ↑hope; adverb: ↑hopefully ≠ ↑hopelessly; adjective: ↑hopeful ≠ ↑hopeless]
1. if something that you try to do is hopeless, there is no possibility of it being successful:
We tried to stop the flames from spreading, but we knew it was hopeless.
Getting your work published often seems a hopeless task.
I kept on struggling forward, even though I knew it was hopeless.
2. a hopeless situation is so bad that there is no chance of success or improvement:
The situation is not as hopeless as it might seem.
the millions who live in hopeless poverty
3. especially British English informal very bad SYN terrible:
I’m a hopeless cook.
hopeless at (doing) something
My brother was always pretty hopeless at ball games.
hopeless with
I’m hopeless with machinery.
I’ve got a hopeless memory.
The public transport system was absolutely hopeless.
4. feeling no hope:
I began to feel lonely and hopeless.
5. used, often humorously, to say that someone’s bad behaviour cannot be changed:
Oh, James, you really are a hopeless case (=it seems impossible to change your behaviour)!
hopeless romantic/materialist/drunk etc
She was a hopeless romantic, always convinced that one day she would meet the man of her dreams.
—hopelessness noun [uncountable]

hopelesshu

◎	['houplis]
※	tính từ
	■	không có hy vọng; tuyệt vọng; vô vọng
		☆	a hopeless case
			một trường hợp không hy vọng gì chữa chạy được (bệnh)
		☆	it's hopeless trying to convince her
			không hy vọng gì thuyết phục được cô ấy
		☆	a hopeless plan
			mọt kế hoạch không hy vọng thành công
	■	thâm căn cố đế, không thể sửa chữa được nữa
		☆	a hopeless drunkard
			một anh chàng rượu chè be bét chẳng có cách gì mà sửa được nữa
	■	(hopeless at something) (về con người) thiếu kỹ năng hoặc khả năng; không có năng lực
		☆	a hopeless cook/teacher
			một người đầu bếp/giáo viên thiếu khả năng
		☆	he's hopeless at maths
			anh ta không có năng lực về môn toán