汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 不了了之
不了了之
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite
了 End, end / There is no way to close it / Refers to putting things aside, even if they are finished
把未了的事情放在一边不去管它,就算完事。
bù/bú le/liǎo/liào zhī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这个问题不会就这样不了了之的。

The problem won't just disappear.

我曾想过和他重归于好,但是碍于情面最终还是不了了之

I had hoped to make peace with him but I finally failed to do that because of my being afraid of losing face.

不知道该庆幸,还是该叹息,后来你喜欢毛笔字的兴趣不了了之

Do not know the fortunate, or the sigh, and then you like the interest in calligraphy let the matter rest.

其结果是,希望当事方之间能重启和谈的希望似乎已经不了了之

The upshot is that hopes for an early resumption of talks between the main protagonists seem to have been dashed.

有的地方故做残损状,缺落状,不了了之状,令人愕然,又耐人寻味。

Some places do it with defective, missing charged with, nothing - is stunned, and thought-provoking.

联合国早在1982年就有远见地召开了“老龄化问题世界大会”,但后来还是不了了之

The UN had the foresight to convene a "world assembly on ageing" back in 1982, but that came and went.

卡尔扎伊以前也曾经作过强烈反对某些军事战术,如夜袭,后来也不了了之

Karzai has previously made strong statements against certain military tactics - such as night raids - only to back off from them later.

曾经皮咔以涉嫌垄断和不正当竞争为案曾与腾讯对簿公堂,但最后的结果也是不了了之

Once leather Ka is case Ceng Yuteng with be suspected of forestall and unfair competition dispatch litigates, but final result also is to end up with nothing definite.

不过大部分案例只不过是在媒体上曝曝光,走走过场也就不了了之了,就算死者的亲属坚持认为受害者是无辜的也是如此。

But most barely register in the media, even when relatives insist the victim was innocent.