lose

1. V-T/V-I If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you. 輸掉; 失敗

The Golden Bears have lost three games this season. 金熊隊本賽季已輸了3場比賽。

The government lost the argument over the pace of reform. 政府輸掉了關于改革速度的辯論。

No one likes to lose. 沒人愿意失敗。

2. V-T If you lose something, you do not know where it is, for example, because you have forgotten where you put it. 丟失

I lost my keys. 我丟了鑰匙。

3. V-T You say that you lose something when you no longer have it because it has been taken away from you or destroyed. 失去

I lost my job when the company moved to another state. 當公司遷往另一個州時我失去了工作。

He lost his licence for six months. 他曾被吊銷執(zhí)照6個月。

4. V-T If someone loses a quality, characteristic, attitude, or belief, they no longer have it. 喪失 (品質、特征、態(tài)度或信仰等)

He lost all sense of reason. 他完全喪失了理智。

The government had lost all credibility. 政府完全喪失了信譽。

5. V-T If you lose an ability, you stop having that ability because of something such as an accident. 失去 (能力)

They lost their ability to hear. 他們失聰了。

6. V-T If someone or something loses heat, their temperature becomes lower. 降低 (溫度)

Babies lose heat much faster than adults. 幼兒散熱比成人快得多。

7. V-T If you lose blood or fluid from your body, it leaves your body so that you have less of it. 失去 (血或體液)

The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood. 受害人傷勢嚴重，失血很多。

8. V-T If you lose weight, you become less heavy, and usually look thinner. 減輕 (體重)

I have lost a lot of weight. 我體重減輕了不少。

9. V-T If someone loses their life, they die. 失去 (生命)

...the ferry disaster in 1987, in which 192 people lost their lives. …1987年的渡船災難中有192人喪生。

10. V-T If you lose a close relative or friend, they die. 失去 (親人或朋友)

My Grandma lost her brother in the war. 我的祖母在戰(zhàn)爭中失去了弟弟。

11. V-T If things are lost, they are destroyed in a disaster. (在災難中) 損毀[usu passive]

...the famous Nankin pottery that was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of China. …頗具名氣的白底青花瓷器，在中國沿海的沉船事故中被損毀。

12. V-T If you lose time, something slows you down so that you do not make as much progress as you hoped. 錯過 (時機)

They claim that police lost valuable time in the early part of the investigation. 他們聲稱，警察在調查初期錯失良機。

13. V-T If you lose an opportunity, you do not take advantage of it. 失去 (機會)

If you don't do it soon you're going to lose the opportunity. 如果你不盡快做，你會失去機會的。

They did not lose the opportunity to say what they thought of events. 他們抓住機會說出他們對事件的看法。

14. V-T 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. 使專注

Michael held on to her arm, losing himself in the music. 邁克爾挽著她的胳膊，陶醉于音樂之中。

15. V-T If a business loses money, it earns less money than it spends, and is therefore in debt. 虧損[商業(yè)]

His stores stand to lose millions of dollars. 他的商店承受著數百萬美元的損失。

16. V-T 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. 使輸掉; 使失去

My own stupidity lost me the match. 我個人的愚蠢使我輸了這場比賽。

17. →see also lost

18. PHRASE If you lose your way, you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere. 迷路

The men lost their way in a sandstorm. 那些人在沙塵暴中迷路了。

19. to lose your balance→see balance

20. to lose contact→see contact

21.  to lose face→see face

22.  to lose your grip→see grip

23.  to lose your head→see head

24.  to lose heart→see heart

25.  to lose your mind→see mind

26.  to lose your nerve→see nerve

27.  to lose sight of→see sight

28.  to lose your temper→see temper

29.  to lose touch→see touch

to lose track of→see track