lose
- v.失去;(因事故、年老、死亡等)丧失;丢失;降低;遗失;浪费（时间）;（钟、表）走慢，慢（若干时间）;被打败;逃避;不明白;被…夺去;被迫放弃;（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）;使弄不懂
loseverb
找不到 not find
遗失；丢失
to be unable to find sth/sb
I've lost my keys.
我把钥匙丢了。
The tickets seem to have got lost .
那些票好像给弄丢了。
She lost her husband in the crowd.
她在人群中与丈夫走散了。
丧失 have sth/sb taken away
（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失，丧失，失去
to have sth/sb taken away from you as a result of an accident, getting old, dying, etc.
She lost a leg in a car crash.
她在一次车祸中失去了一条腿。
to lose your hair/teeth (= as a result of getting old)
脱发；掉牙
He's lost his job .
他失业了。
Some families lost everything (= all they owned) in the flood.
有一些家庭的财产在洪水中损失得精光。
They lost both their sons (= they were killed) in the war.
他们的两个儿子都被战争夺去了生命。
The ship was lost at sea (= it sank) .
那条船沉没了。
Many people lost their lives (= were killed) .
有许多人丧生。
被…夺去
to have sth taken away by sb/sth
The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors.
公司的许多生意都被对手夺走了。
被迫放弃；失去
to have to give up sth; to fail to keep sth
You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order.
如果撤销订单，保证金将不予退还。
Sit down or you'll lose your seat.
坐下吧，要不这个座位就没啦。
减少 have less
降低；减少；渐渐丧失
to have less and less of sth, especially until you no longer have any of it
He lost his nerve at the last minute.
他在最后一刻失去了勇气。
She seemed to have lost interest in food.
她好像对食物不感兴趣了。
At that moment he lost his balance and fell.
他在那一瞬间失去平衡摔倒了。
I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet.
这次节食开始以来我体重减了十磅。
The train was losing speed .
火车当时正在减速。
弄不懂；听不见 not understand/hear
不明白；听不见；弄不懂
to fail to get, hear or understand sth
His words were lost (= could not be heard) in the applause.
他的讲话让掌声淹没了。
使弄不懂；使不理解
to be no longer understood by sb
I'm afraid you've lost me there.
很抱歉，你把我弄糊涂了。
逃避 escape
逃避；逃脱
to escape from sb/sth
We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness.
我们设法在黑暗中摆脱了追赶者。
未赢 not win
被打败；输掉（比赛、诉讼案件、辩论等）
to be defeated; to fail to win a competition, a court case, an argument, etc.
to lose a game/a race/an election/a battle/a war
输掉比赛 / 赛跑 / 选举 / 战役 / 战争
We lost to a stronger team.
我们输给了一支实力更强的队。
He lost by less than 100 votes.
他以相差不到100张选票败北。
未保留 not keep
（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）
to fail to keep sth you want or need, especially money; to cause sb to fail to keep sth
The business is losing money.
这家公司正在亏损。
Poetry always loses something in translation.
诗歌一经翻译总会失去某些东西。
You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
你讲真话是不会吃亏的。
We lost on that deal.
我们那笔交易做亏了。
His carelessness lost him the job.
他粗枝大叶，丢了工作。
时间 time
浪费（时间）；错过（机会）
to waste time or an opportunity
We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre.
我们换轮胎耽误了二十分钟。
Hurry─ there's no time to lose !
快点——抓紧时间吧！
He lost no time in setting out for London.
他赶紧起程去了伦敦。
（钟、表）走慢，慢（若干时间）
if a watch or clock loses or loses time , it goes too slowly or becomes a particular amount of time behind the correct time
This clock loses two minutes a day.
这时钟每天慢两分钟。
to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc.; to become crazy
然后她再也控制不住，尖叫起来。
Then she just lost it and started screaming.
沉迷于；专心致志于
to become so interested in sth that it takes all your attention
得不到（需要或觉得应有的东西）
to not get sth you wanted or feel you should have
While the stores make big profits, it's the customer who loses out.
商店赚大钱，而吃亏的是顾客。
被…取代
to not get business, etc. that you expected or used to get because sb/sth else has taken it
Small businesses are losing out to the large chains.
小商店被大型的连锁店抢了生意。
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VERB 输掉（比赛、战斗、争论等）
If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you.A C Milan lost the Italian Cup Final...
AC米兰队输掉了意大利杯决赛。
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VERB 遗失；丢失
If you lose something, you do not know where it is, for example because you have forgotten where you put it.I lost my keys...
我把钥匙丢了。
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VERB （因被夺走或遭损坏而）丧失，失去
You say that you lose something when you no longer have it because it has been taken away from you or destroyed.I lost my job when the company moved to another state...
公司搬到了另一个州，我便失业了。
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VERB 丧失，失去（某一特性、特点、态度或信念）
If someone loses a quality, characteristic, attitude, or belief, they no longer have it.He lost all sense of reason...
他完全丧失了理智。
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VERB （因意外等）丧失，失去（某种能力）
If you lose an ability, you stop having that ability because of something such as an accident.They lost their ability to hear...
他们失去了听觉。
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VERB 散失（热量）
If someone or something loses heat, their temperature becomes lower.Babies lose heat much faster than adults...
婴儿散失热量较成人快很多。
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VERB 损失（血或体液）
If you lose blood or fluid from your body, it leaves your body so that you have less of it.The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood...
受害者受了重伤，大量失血。
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VERB 减轻（体重）
If you lose weight, you become less heavy, and usually look thinner.I have lost a lot of weight...
我体重减了不少。
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VERB （因手术或意外）丧失，失去（身体部位）
If you lose a part of your body, it is cut off in an operation or in an accident.He lost a foot when he was struck by a train.
他给火车撞伤，失去了一只脚。
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VERB 丧失，失去（生命）
If someone loses their life, they die....the ferry disaster in 1987, in which 192 people lost their lives...
1987年那场致使192人丧命的渡轮灾难
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VERB 丧失，失去（亲人或朋友）
If you lose a close relative or friend, they die.My Grandma lost her brother in the war.
我祖母在那场战争中失去了兄弟。
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VERB （灾难）损毁，毁灭
If things are lost, they are destroyed in a disaster....the famous Nankin pottery that was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of China.
在中国沿海的一场海难中损毁的著名白底青花瓷
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VERB 错过，浪费（时间）
If you lose time, something slows you down so that you do not make as much progress as you hoped.They claim that police lost valuable time in the early part of the investigation...
他们声称警方在调查之初错过了宝贵的时间。
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VERB 错过，浪费（机会）
If you lose an opportunity, you do not take advantage of it.If you don't do it soon you're going to lose the opportunity...
不赶紧行动就没机会了。
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VERB 使专注（于）；使沉湎（于）
If you lose yourself in something or if you are lost in it, you give a lot of attention to it and do not think about anything else.Michael held on to her arm, losing himself in the music...
迈克尔抓着她的手臂，沉醉于音乐中。
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VERB 亏损
If a business loses money, it earns less money than it spends, and is therefore in debt.His shops stand to lose millions of pounds...
他的店铺很可能会损失数百万英镑。
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VERB 使失败；使失去
If something loses you a contest or loses you something that you had, it causes you to fail or to no longer have what you had.My own stupidity lost me the match...
是我自己的愚蠢使我输掉了那场比赛。
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不要混淆lose和loose。lose为动词，表示丢失， 如：I've lost my wallet（我丢了钱包）。lose的过去式和过去分词均为lost。loose则通常作形容词，表示不牢固或没有固定好，如：the loose floorboards on the landing（楼梯平台上松动的地板），a loose tooth（松动的牙齿）。
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PHRASE （表示在不成功的情况下）不会损失什么/将会损失惨重
If you say that you have nothing to lose, you mean that you will not suffer if your action is unsuccessful. If you say that you have much to lose, you mean that you may suffer if your action is unsuccessful.They say they have nothing to lose and will continue protesting until the government vetos the agreement...
他们说自己是死猪不怕开水烫，将会继续抗议直到政府否决该协议为止。
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PHRASE 大发雷霆；未能控制怒火（或情绪）
If someone loses it, they become extremely angry or upset.I completely lost it. I went mad, berserk.
我火冒三丈，发了疯似的。
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PHRASE 发疯；精神失常
If you say that someone is losing it, you mean that they are becoming crazy.I'm afraid he's really lost it.
我想他是真的发疯了。
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PHRASE 抓住任何机会
If you say that someone loses no opportunity to do or say a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they do it or say it whenever it is possible.The President has lost no opportunity to capitalise on his new position...
总统抓住一切机会，大肆利用自己的新职位。
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PHRASE 不浪费时间；赶紧；马上
If you say that someone loses no time in doing something, you are emphasizing that they act quickly in order to benefit from a situation.Officials have lost no time in expressing their concern and grief over this incident...
众官员第一时间表达了他们对这一事件的关切和悲伤。
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PHRASE 迷路；迷失方向
If you lose your way, you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere.The men lost their way in a sandstorm.
这些士兵在沙暴中迷了路。
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PHRASE 失去目标
If you say that someone loses their way, you think they no longer have a clear idea of what they want to do or achieve.For a while the artist completely lost his way. The famous humour gave way to sentimental nonsense...
有一阵子这位艺术家完全迷失了方向，其出了名的幽默风趣被伤感而煽情的不知所云取而代之。
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to lose your balance→ see:balance
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- be set at a disadvantage
- This author really suffers in translation
- Synonym: suffer
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- fail to win
- We lost the battle but we won the war
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- retreat
- Synonym: fall back drop off fall behind recede
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- place (something) where one cannot find it again
- I misplaced my eyeglasses
- Synonym: misplace mislay
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- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- She lost her husband in the war
- The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
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- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- I missed that remark
- She missed his point
- We lost part of what he said
- Synonym: miss
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- allow to go out of sight
- The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
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- miss from one's possessions;lose sight of
- I've lost my glasses again!
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- fail to keep or to maintain;cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
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- fail to get or obtain
- I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
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- fail to make money in a business;make a loss or fail to profit
- I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
- The company turned a loss after the first year
- Synonym: turn a loss
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I don 't want to lose my place in the line .
我可不想失去排队的位置。
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People often lose confidence when they are criticized .
人受到批评时经常会失去信心。
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She lost it , just as I said she would .
我就说了吧，她把它丢了。
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By that time I had lost interest in the idea .
那时我已经对此想法失去兴趣了。
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With the coming of modern technology , many jobs were lost .
随着现代技术的到来，许多工作岗位不复存在。
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She has lost all sense of direction in her life .
她完全丧失了生活的方向。
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Losing in the first round was a shock to the system .
首轮失利让人大为震惊。
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Say you lose your job : what would you do then ?
假设你把工作丢了，那你怎么办呢？
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Many people living in institutions have lost their sense of self .
许多生活在福利院里的人已经失去了个性意识。
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He lost his place in the first team .
他失去了在一队的资格。
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The agency has lost several of its most important accounts .
这家代理机构失去了几家最重要的老客户。
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She lost control of her car on the ice .
她在冰上开车失去了控制。
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The poor little thing ! It 's lost its mother .
这可怜的小家伙！没有了妈妈。
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We would be lost without your help .
我们没有你的帮助就会一筹莫展。
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He 's lost two lives , so he 's only got one left .
他失去了两次机会，所以只剩下一次了。
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He lost no time in setting out for London .
他赶紧起程去了伦敦。
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We don 't want to run the risk of losing their business .
我们不想冒险失去他们的生意。
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Do you mean to say you 've lost it ?
你是说你把那东西给弄丢了？
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The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors .
公司的许多生意都被对手夺走了。
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Thousands of working days were lost through strikes last year .
去年因罢工损失了数以千计的工作日。
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My application got lost in the post .
我的申请书寄丢了。
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I seemed to have lost the power of speech .
我好像话都说不出来了。
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I 'm still looking for that lost file .
我还在找那份丢失的档案。
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He lost the use of his legs in an accident .
他在一次事故中失去了双腿的功能。
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We 've lost a lot of custom since prices went up .
自从价格上涨以来我们失去了很多生意。
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I lost a whole lot of money .
我丢了好多钱。
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Stay close together ─ I don 't want anyone to get lost .
紧紧靠在一起，我不想把谁给丢了。
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He had lost the power of speech .
他丧失了语言能力。
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Although the team lost , they played with tremendous spirit .
尽管输了，但队员表现得极为勇猛。
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But I gave you a map so you wouldn 't get lost !
但我怕你迷路，给过你一张地图！
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