释义 |
no-win, a. [f. no a. + win n.1] Of a contest or struggle: that cannot be won.
1962Economist 30 June 1310/1 He recommended an agreement with the Russians—a ‘no-win’ approach, in fact, ‘an accommodation with tyranny’. 1966Ibid. 5 Nov. 565/1 Both attack Washington for a ‘no-win war policy’ in Vietnam. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 24 July 5/3 So the trail of broken fixes has put Nixon in a no-win position. |