lost

美 [lɔːst]英 [lɒst]
  • adj.迷路的;丢失的;丧失的;迷失的;失去的;不知所措;得不到的;无法恢复的;弄不懂;无法再找到的;无法再造的
  • v.(因事故、年老、死亡等)损失,丧失,失去;丢失;遗失;被…夺去
  • lose的过去分词和过去式
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adj.

1

迷路的;迷失的
unable to find your way; not knowing where you are

We always get lost in London.

我们在伦敦老是迷路。

We're completely lost.

我们完全迷路了。

2

失去的;丢失的;丧失的;无法恢复的
that cannot be found or brought back

I'm still looking for that lost file.

我还在找那份丢失的档案。

Your cheque must have got lost in the post.

你的支票一定是邮寄中遗失的。

3

得不到的;无法再找到的;无法再造的
that cannot be obtained; that cannot be found or created again

The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business .

罢工使他们失去了几千英镑的生意。

She's trying to recapture her lost youth .

她在努力追回逝去的青春。

He regretted the lost (= wasted) opportunity to apologize to her.

他后悔错过了向她道歉的机会。

4

不知所措;一筹莫展
unable to deal successfully with a particular situation

We would be lost without your help.

我们没有你的帮助就会一筹莫展。

I felt so lost after my mother died.

我母亲去世后我觉得茫然无措。

He's a lost soul (= a person who does not seem to know what to do, and seems unhappy) .

他是个迷惘的人。

5

弄不懂;困惑
unable to understand sth because it is too complicated

They spoke so quickly I just got lost.

他们说得太快,我简直给弄糊涂了。

Hang on a minute─I'm lost.

等一下,我没弄明白。

习语

there is still some hope of making a bad situation better

to be so surprised, confused, etc. that you do not know what to say

to be giving all your attention to sth so that you do not notice what is happening around you

陷入沉思
to be lost in thought

to be not understood or noticed by sb

他讲的笑话大多数学生一点都没能领会。
His jokes were completely lost on most of the students.

to be giving all your attention to sth so that you do not notice what is happening around you

a rude way of telling sb to go away, or of refusing sth

to stop expecting to find sb alive

to do sth quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner

they do not like each other

她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。
There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.

lost

频次

  • 1

    Lost is the past tense and past participle of lose .

  • 2
    ADJ 迷路的;迷失的;走失的
    If you are lost or if you get lost, you do not know where you are or are unable to find your way.

    Barely had I set foot in the street when I realised I was lost...

    我在街上没走几步就意识到自己迷路了。

  • 3
    ADJ 遗失的;丢失的
    If something is lost, or gets lost, you cannot find it, for example because you have forgotten where you put it.

    ...a lost book...

    一本找不着的书

  • 4
    ADJ-GRADED 茫然的;不知所措的
    If you feel lost, you feel very uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar situation.

    Of the funeral he remembered only the cold, the waiting, and feeling very lost...

    关于葬礼,他只记得那冷冷的天,那久久的等候和那种茫然若失的感觉。

  • 5
    ADJ 迷惘的;无目标的;无方向的
    If you describe a person or group of people as lost, you think that they do not have a clear idea of what they want to do or achieve.

    They are a lost generation in search of an identity.

    他们属于迷惘的一代,想要找寻自我。

  • 6
    ADJ 丧失的;不复存在的
    If you describe something as lost, you mean that you no longer have it or it no longer exists.

    ...their lost homeland.

    他们失去的祖国

  • 7
    ADJ 消逝的;逝去的;过去的
    You use lost to refer to a period or state of affairs that existed in the past and no longer exists.

    He seemed to pine for his lost youth...

    他似乎很怀念逝去的青春。

  • 8
    ADJ 浪费掉的;错过的
    If something is lost, it is not used properly and is considered wasted.

    Fox is not bitter about the lost opportunity to compete in the Games...

    福克斯并没有对错过了参赛机会感到不忿。

  • 9
    PHRASE 滚开;走开
    If you tell someone to get lost, you are telling them in a very rude way to go away.

  • 10
    PHRASE 未被…理解(或注意)
    If advice or a comment is lost on someone, they do not understand it or they pay no attention to it.

    The meaning of that was lost on me...

    那意思我没听懂。

  • 11
    PHRASE 陷入沉思
    If you are lost in thought, you give all your attention to what you are thinking about and do not notice what is going on around you.

    She was silent for a while, lost in thought, staring at the books littering the room.

    一时间她默不作声,直想得入了神,双眼直愣愣地盯着房间里扔得到处都是的书。

  • 12
    PHRASE 没有…就不开心;没有…就不知所措
    If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them.

    I'd be lost without you here...

    没有你在这里我都不知怎么办好。

noun

1
people who are destined to die soon
the agony of the doomed was in his voice
Synonym: doomed

adj

1
not caught with the senses or the mind
words lost in the din
Synonym: missed
2
unable to function;without help
Synonym: helpless
3
no longer in your possession or control;unable to be found or recovered
a lost child
lost friends
his lost book
lost opportunities
4
spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
lost souls
a lost generation
a lost ship
the lost platoon
5
not gained or won
a lost battle
a lost prize
6
having lost your bearings;confused as to time or place or personal identity
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Synonym: confused disoriented
7
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;filled with bewilderment
obviously bemused by his questions
bewildered and confused
a cloudy and confounded philosopher
just a mixed-up kid
she felt lost on the first day of school
Synonym: baffled befuddled bemused bewildered confounded confused mazed mixed-up at sea
8
incapable of being recovered or regained
his lost honor

数据来源:WordNet

  1. I 'm here all by myself and I know I 'm going to get lost

    这里只有我一个人,我知道我会迷路的。

  2. They hugged each other like a couple of lost children

    他们相互紧抱在一起,就像一对迷路的孩子。

  3. She lost it , just as I said she would .

    我就说了吧,她把它丢了。

  4. By that time I had lost interest in the idea .

    那时我已经对此想法失去兴趣了。

  5. 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。

  6. She has lost all sense of direction in her life .

    她完全丧失了生活的方向。

  7. Say you lose your job : what would you do then ?

    假设你把工作丢了,那你怎么办呢?

  8. 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。

  9. I don 't want to lose my place in the line .

    我可不想失去排队的位置。

  10. He lost his place in the first team .

    他失去了在一队的资格。

  11. 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。

  12. She lost control of her car on the ice .

    她在冰上开车失去了控制。

  13. The poor little thing ! It 's lost its mother .

    这可怜的小家伙!没有了妈妈。

  14. We would be lost without your help .

    我们没有你的帮助就会一筹莫展。

  15. 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。

  16. He lost no time in setting out for London .

    他赶紧起程去了伦敦。

  17. Do you mean to say you 've lost it ?

    你是说你把那东西给弄丢了?

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. My application got lost in the post .

    我的申请书寄丢了。

  21. I seemed to have lost the power of speech .

    我好像话都说不出来了。

  22. I 'm still looking for that lost file .

    我还在找那份丢失的档案。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. I lost a whole lot of money .

    我丢了好多钱。

  26. 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。

  27. He had lost the power of speech .

    他丧失了语言能力。

  28. Although the team lost , they played with tremendous spirit .

    尽管输了,但队员表现得极为勇猛。

  29. 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!

  30. Her life seemed to have lost all meaning .

    她的生活似乎已毫无价值。

  • 习语

adj.

all is not lost

还有一线希望
there is still some hope of making a bad situation better

be lost for words

(惊讶、困惑等而)不知说什么才好
to be so surprised, confused, etc. that you do not know what to say

be lost in sth

全神贯注;沉浸于
to be giving all your attention to sth so that you do not notice what is happening around you

to be lost in thought

陷入沉思

be lost on sb

未被某人理解(或注意)
to be not understood or noticed by sb

His jokes were completely lost on most of the students.

他讲的笑话大多数学生一点都没能领会。

be lost to the world

全神贯注;沉浸于
to be giving all your attention to sth so that you do not notice what is happening around you

get lost

(让人走开的不礼貌的说法)滚开,别来烦我
a rude way of telling sb to go away, or of refusing sth

give sb up for lost

认为某人没有生还的可能;认定某人已死
to stop expecting to find sb alive

make up for lost time

(加快或加紧做某事以)弥补失去的时间
to do sth quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner

there's little/no love lost between A and B

(…之间)彼此厌恶,互无好感
they do not like each other

There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.

她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。