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单词 no-win
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Definition of no-win in English:

no-win

adjective
  • Denoting a situation in which success or a favourable outcome is impossible.

    a thankless, no-win situation confronted them daily
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a measured response from a leader plunged into a no-win situation by adversaries who had shown themselves fully prepared to give their lives for their cause.
    • But I think this is basically a no-win situation.
    • If ever there has been a no-win situation, this is it.
    • Such a scenario will put the bank in a no-win situation because it will undoubtedly come in for some fierce criticism from supporters of individual clubs.
    • The public are left subsidising a loss-making cause to the tune of £600,000 a year and have been committed to a no-win situation.
    • Reid was probably placed in a no-win situation.
    • It is a no-win situation for poor working women.
    • In other words, Nato was in a no-win situation: if it had done nothing the region would have suffered and having done something it is having to live with the consequences.
    • The fire board have found themselves in a no-win situation.
    • And so in certain ways, they are in kind of a no-win situation.
    • All around, it's a no-win situation for the government.
    • Wassill said it was a no-win situation for everyone involved, but also a learning experience, so maybe in the future, similar situations will be better dealt with.
    • For Marie Antoinette, as for Diana, it was a no-win situation, not helped by the fact that she and her feckless husband had difficulty in producing all-important heirs.
    • It requires a seasoned politician to take advantage of a no-win situation and manipulate circumstances to drive home a point.
    • For this reason, you can't help but feel that Plant is in a bit of a no-win situation every time he releases a new record and some of his solo output has been indifferent to say the least.
    • Then there is the image problem, a no-win situation.
    • It was an impossible, no-win situation for the Patriots under the circumstances.
    • Mocking your man in public creates a no-win situation.
    • My producer, John Walker, called it a no-win situation, because if we do a really good job, no one will notice it.
    • This is a no-win situation for workers in Mexico as well as in Asia.
    Synonyms
    impossible, beyond hope, with no chance of success, useless, futile, unworkable, impracticable, forlorn, pointless, vain

Rhymes

agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whin, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin
 
 

Definition of no-win in US English:

no-win

adjectiveˈnō ˈwinˈnoʊ ˈwɪn
  • Denoting a situation in which success or a favorable outcome is impossible.

    a thankless, no-win situation confronted them daily
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a measured response from a leader plunged into a no-win situation by adversaries who had shown themselves fully prepared to give their lives for their cause.
    • Such a scenario will put the bank in a no-win situation because it will undoubtedly come in for some fierce criticism from supporters of individual clubs.
    • But I think this is basically a no-win situation.
    • The fire board have found themselves in a no-win situation.
    • My producer, John Walker, called it a no-win situation, because if we do a really good job, no one will notice it.
    • It was an impossible, no-win situation for the Patriots under the circumstances.
    • All around, it's a no-win situation for the government.
    • It is a no-win situation for poor working women.
    • It requires a seasoned politician to take advantage of a no-win situation and manipulate circumstances to drive home a point.
    • And so in certain ways, they are in kind of a no-win situation.
    • The public are left subsidising a loss-making cause to the tune of £600,000 a year and have been committed to a no-win situation.
    • For this reason, you can't help but feel that Plant is in a bit of a no-win situation every time he releases a new record and some of his solo output has been indifferent to say the least.
    • Then there is the image problem, a no-win situation.
    • Wassill said it was a no-win situation for everyone involved, but also a learning experience, so maybe in the future, similar situations will be better dealt with.
    • Reid was probably placed in a no-win situation.
    • This is a no-win situation for workers in Mexico as well as in Asia.
    • If ever there has been a no-win situation, this is it.
    • In other words, Nato was in a no-win situation: if it had done nothing the region would have suffered and having done something it is having to live with the consequences.
    • For Marie Antoinette, as for Diana, it was a no-win situation, not helped by the fact that she and her feckless husband had difficulty in producing all-important heirs.
    • Mocking your man in public creates a no-win situation.
    Synonyms
    impossible, beyond hope, with no chance of success, useless, futile, unworkable, impracticable, forlorn, pointless, vain
 
 
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