nonstarter

nonstarter

1. "Many lawmakers are pronouncing the budget a nonstarter" (Christian Science Monitor)

“许多法律制定者们都断言说预算毫无机会成功”(基督教科学箴言报)

2. Unfortunately, this strategy is a nonstarter for fighting computer viruses.

不幸的是，这种策略对于计算机病毒是无效的。

3. India, which has long harbored hopes of setting aside stockpiles as China started to do last year, may find its plans a nonstarter at current rates.

中国从去年开始增加原油储备，而印度早已有此想法，但它可能会发现以目前的速度将远远无法实现储备计划。

4. To Paul, the administration's health plan is simple and straightforward. To Keith, it is a nonstarter.

保罗认为，政府的医疗卫生计划是简单明了的，而基思则认为这是不可取的。

5. That would be a nonstarter with Democrats and the White House has backed away from seeking to make it part of a short-term stimulus package.

对于民主党来说是无成功的希望了，白宫已逐渐不再仅仅寻找一个短期的刺激经济的一揽子方案了。

6. We wanted to buy a house,but that was a nonstarter; we hadn't nearly enough money.

我们想买所房子，但这只是空想，因为我们根本没有足够的钱。

7. Control is a nonstarter in a bottom-up, peer-powered society.

而如果整个社会是自下而上、由同辈力量驱动的话，“控制”也就毫无作用可言了。

8. If the only thing that lives in his place other than him is the mold in the back of his fridge, he's a nonstarter.

若在他的住所里，除了他以外，唯一一个和他一起生活的事物只是他那冰箱后的模型的话，那他是不会在感情上成功的。

9. This was a nonstarter for the Palestinians, but it had the holographic glow of a step forward.

这对巴勒斯坦而言毫无意义，但毕竟使人看到了局势进展的曙光。