no-win

Word family nounno-nono-brainerno-claims bonusno-fly zoneno-man's-landno oneno-showadjectiveno-accountno-faultno-frillsno-nonsenseno-winadverbnowayno

ˌno-ˈwin adjectiveadj [only before noun]

relating to a situation in which whatever you choose to do it will have a bad result 无法取胜的；注定失败的

If my child is sick and I leave work, I’m a bad employee. If I don’t, I’m a bad mother. It’s a no-win situation.

如果孩子生病了，我抛下工作就不是好员工，坚持上班又不是好母亲，怎么都不好啊。

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Examples from the Corpus

no-win• In fact, the nationalists were prisoners of a historical situation that inevitably made modernity a no-win choice.• For management, these are no-win controversies.• I don't want to say a no-win situation, but close.• Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment - a negative, no-win situation for all concerned.• The human and political fallout from the earlier mass departure left Clinton in a no-win situation.• The team, certainly against the less-powerful nations, were almost in a no-win situation.• Whatever he said, he was in a no-win situation.• Recast and streamlined for the current season, it is languishing in a no-win time slot on Thursdays.

no-win situation• The human and political fallout from the earlier mass departure left Clinton in a no-win situation.• The team, certainly against the less-powerful nations, were almost in a no-win situation.• This puts women in a no-win situation.• Whatever he said, he was in a no-win situation.• I don't want to say a no-win situation, but close.• Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment - a negative, no-win situation for all concerned.• It's a no-win situation -- if I tell him, he'll be upset, but if I don't he'll be mad at me for not telling him.• It was simply the clearest demonstration yet of the no-win situation Rudy Tomjanovich and his U.S. team find themselves in.• Hospitals are in a no-win situation, since protecting patients' privacy may conflict with protecting the health of doctors, nurses, and other hospital workers.

From Longman Business Dictionary

no-winno-ˈwin adjectiveadj

no-win situation/task etc a situation etc which will end badly whatever people decide to do

The decision could put companies in a no-win situation.

He undertook what many regarded as a no-win task: streamlining the company’s data processing.

单词	no-win
释义	no-win Word family nounno-nono-brainerno-claims bonusno-fly zoneno-man's-landno oneno-showadjectiveno-accountno-faultno-frillsno-nonsenseno-winadverbnowayno ˌno-ˈwin adjectiveadj [only before noun] relating to a situation in which whatever you choose to do it will have a bad result 无法取胜的；注定失败的 If my child is sick and I leave work, I’m a bad employee. If I don’t, I’m a bad mother. It’s a no-win situation. 如果孩子生病了，我抛下工作就不是好员工，坚持上班又不是好母亲，怎么都不好啊。 → win-win Examples from the Corpus no-win• In fact, the nationalists were prisoners of a historical situation that inevitably made modernity a no-win choice.• For management, these are no-win controversies.• I don't want to say a no-win situation, but close.• Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment - a negative, no-win situation for all concerned.• The human and political fallout from the earlier mass departure left Clinton in a no-win situation.• The team, certainly against the less-powerful nations, were almost in a no-win situation.• Whatever he said, he was in a no-win situation.• Recast and streamlined for the current season, it is languishing in a no-win time slot on Thursdays. no-win situation• The human and political fallout from the earlier mass departure left Clinton in a no-win situation.• The team, certainly against the less-powerful nations, were almost in a no-win situation.• This puts women in a no-win situation.• Whatever he said, he was in a no-win situation.• I don't want to say a no-win situation, but close.• Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment - a negative, no-win situation for all concerned.• It's a no-win situation -- if I tell him, he'll be upset, but if I don't he'll be mad at me for not telling him.• It was simply the clearest demonstration yet of the no-win situation Rudy Tomjanovich and his U.S. team find themselves in.• Hospitals are in a no-win situation, since protecting patients' privacy may conflict with protecting the health of doctors, nurses, and other hospital workers. From Longman Business Dictionary no-winno-ˈwin adjectiveadj no-win situation/task etc a situation etc which will end badly whatever people decide to do The decision could put companies in a no-win situation. He undertook what many regarded as a no-win task: streamlining the company’s data processing.
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