losing battle

It was getting more and more apparent that we're fighting a losing battle.

我们输掉这场遗产保卫战的势头愈来愈明显

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But despite the noble aims, the world as a whole is fighting a losing battle.

尽管目标崇高，但作为一个整体全世界还是打了败仗。

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Of course, it's a very short-term-ist strategy; it's a losing battle,

当然，这是一个非常短暂的战略，是一个败仗，

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The old man taught Albom valuable lessons about life and death while at the same time fighting a losing battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.

老教授在与鲁葛瑞格氏症（肌萎缩症）做临终搏斗的同时，传授阿尔博姆许多关于生死的有价值的训诫。

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For a military commander, winning or losing a battle is a common occurrence.

胜败乃兵家常事.

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Others who want change take the attitude of" wait and see," rather than risk a losing battle.

其他希望有所改变的研究人员则持“等待与观望”态度，却不愿意承担改革可能失败的风险。

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I am sick and tried of fighting a losing battle.

我对从事一场毫无成功希望的斗争厌倦了。

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But for small businesses with tight salary budgets, using pay to keep top talent from going to larger rivals is often a losing battle.

但小公司的薪酬预算颇为紧张，因此要想避免精英人才被更大规模的竞争对手挖走，如果仅仅采取加薪策略，往往只能以失败告终。

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The Hungarian city of Pecs is fighting a losing battle against padlocks which lovers are secretly clamping on statues and gates all over the city center as symbols of their enduring affection.

匈牙利城市佩奇目前正在打一场无望取胜之仗，对手竟然是爱侣们秘密固定在市中心的雕像和大门之上、用以像征其爱情永恒的挂锁。

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You'll be fighting a losing battle if you try to persuade Tina to change her mind. she's extremely stubborn.

如果你想劝蒂娜改变主意的话。那你将是打一场不会取胜的仗。她极其固执。

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He works with his neighbours to build shelters for the alpaca to give some protection from the elements, but he is fighting a losing battle.

他正和邻居们一起给羊驼建造茅屋，抵御天气变化。可是，他打的却是一场必败的仗。

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The crew fought a losing battle to try to restart the engines.

全体船员努力尝试重新启动发动机，但结果徒劳无功。

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In the long term, this can only be a losing battle.

长远来看，这是一场打不赢的战役。

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And that's good because it means that it's not a losing battle,

这很好，因为这意味着这不是一个败仗，

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She tried to get him to go, but she knew she was fighting a losing battle.

她试图让他走，但她知道这可能是徒劳。

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Counselors, teachers, and administrators are in the frontlines of what seems at times to be a losing battle.

咨询师、教师和行政管理人员冲在这场有时看似必输的战争的前面。

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But across the world, and in Asia in particular, so far, it's a losing battle.

但纵观整个世界，特别是在亚洲国家，这仍然是一场正在走向失败的战斗。

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Police are fighting a losing battle against the rising crime rate.

警方正在针对不断上升的犯罪率进行一场无望取胜的战斗。

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After fighting a losing battle to admit a few good human beings.

当我输掉了一场招入好的人类的战争之后。

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But it looks like a losing battle.

不过，这场战斗似乎必然以失败告终。

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I keep trying to get Keith to tidy his room but I'm fighting a losing battle.

我一直要基思整理自己的房间，但看来我这样做是徒劳的。

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Ultimately, the government may be fighting a losing battle against cheap imports.

最终，在对抗廉价进口商品方面，巴西政府可能注定要打一场败仗。

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Sometimes by losing a battle, you find a new way to win the war.

有时输掉一场斗争，能让你发现一个新的方法去赢得整场战事。

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For Microsoft, competing in such an environment, at least in the long term, is a losing battle if it fails to make major changes.

对于微软来说，在这样的环境下竞争，至少从长远来看，如果它未能作出重大改变，败局已定。

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Newspapers are fighting a losing battle with the blogosphere.

报纸正与博客打一场失败的仗。

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We were fighting a losing battle trying to get him to keep his bedroom tidy.

我们让他把卧室保持整洁的努力是白费劲。

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We are not by nature well-endowed to handle chronic stress, so managing it is a losing battle.

我们天生就不是处理长期压力的好手，所以试图管理压力注定是场败仗。

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He keeps trying new hair lotions to stave off baldness but I'm afraid he's fighting a losing battle.

为了避免秃顶，他一直试用新式的头发洗涤剂，不过我担心他的努力是白费的。

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Weight control is difficult for me. I fight the losing battle.

减肥对我来说太难了，我在进行一场注定失败的战争。

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While she gamely tried to maintain her poise and dignity, Philip, the Princess Royal and Princes Charles and Harry fought a losing battle to stifle their mirth.

女王尽力保持着镇静和尊严，而菲利普亲王、长公主、查尔斯王储和哈里王子已经忍俊不禁了。

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