1 giving no hope that sth/sb will be successful or get better 无望的；绝望的: It's hopeless. There is nothing we can do. 没有希望了。我们也没有办法。

2 (informal 非正式)hopeless (at sth) (especially Brit 尤为英) (used about a person) often doing things wrong; very bad at doing sth （指人）常常做错事，（在某方面）很不行: I'm absolutely hopeless at tennis. 我网球打得糟透了。 ➔hopelessly adv They were hopelessly lost. 他们完全迷了路。 ➔hopelessness noun [U]