商務英語：今日熱詞——注定失敗者

緩和、緩解（及物動詞）

(transitive verb) To make something painful less severe; to soothe.

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，朋友和家人說什么也無法緩解這位丈夫的深深悲痛。

a lost cause

注定失敗者

A person, group, idea, or situation without any hope of success or improvement.

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，我最喜歡的籃球隊輸掉了到目前為止的所有比賽，我開始相信，這支隊伍肯定沒戲了。