单词 | mug's game |
释义 | mug's game (once / 319441 pages) n WORD FAMILY mug's game USAGE EXAMPLESCritical interpretation like this is a mug's game, of course, doomed as any misbegotten fan's attempt to corral Cervantes and Shakespeare into the same frame. Los Angeles Times(Apr 14, 2016) It is something of a mug's game: so many apparent "facts" and "statistics" are contestable and many are unprovable until after the referendum. BBC(Feb 29, 2016) And you have to feel their pain, because forecasting economic indicators is a mug's game. BBC(Mar 12, 2015) n a futile or unprofitable endeavor Hyper attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something |
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