That it's a dead loss having a Cabinet Minister for an MP.

有个内阁大臣做议员根本没用。

Last night, I went to a party, it was a dead loss.

昨晚，我去参加了一个聚会，真是毫无意义。

I bought this pen the other day, it was a dead loss.

这支笔是我前几天买的，毫无价值。

It cost me an arm and a leg and it was a dead loss.

它花了我一大笔钱，但毫无价值。

" To be a dead loss" . " To be a dead loss" means that something is worthless. Completely worthless, a waste of time. Right?

“毫无意义”。To be a dead loss 是指某物毫无价值。完全没有价值，浪费时间。

He simply works to keep his looms going, for a loom that stands still is a dead loss.

他只是努力让他的织布机运转起来， 因为一台静止不动的织布机是一个死的损失。

It was a dead loss to be honest, and so Tom decided to call it a day and he let the consultant go.

老实说，这是一个巨大的损失，所以汤姆决定就到此为止，他解雇了顾问。

There was nobody there, there was no food there, was no music, just wasn't a very good atmosphere. It was a dead loss.

那里没有人，没有食物，没有音乐，气氛不是很好。真是毫无意义。

You've put lots of ideas out there, but you know it's not really working, it's a dead loss, it's time to stop, it's time to call it a day.

你已经提出了很多想法，但你知道这些想法并没有真正起作用，毫无意义，是时候停止了，是时候结束了。