a hopeless case
(medical patient)医治不好的病例；无药可救的病人
A doctor is there to treat and to cure, not to dismiss anyone as a hopeless case.医生的职责是治病救人, 不能以无药可救打发任何人。
(someone or something that cannot be improved)不可救药的人；无法做到的事情
He didn't see her as a hopeless case who'd never get a man on her own.他并不被认为她就那么不可救药, 连独自找个男人都找不到。