1. | [t] ~ sth/sb 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。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth/sb （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。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth (to sb/sth) 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。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth 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，订金将不予退还。 | |
Sit down or you'll lose your seat. 坐下吧，要不这个座位就没啦。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth 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。 |
6. | [t][i] 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. 他以不到 100 张选票败北。 |
7. | [t][i] （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。 |
8. | [t] ~ sth 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。 |
9. | [t] (informal) ~ sb 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，我没听明白你的话。 |
10. | [t] ~ sb/sth 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。 |
11. | [t] ~ sth 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. 他赶紧启程去了伦敦。 |
12. | [t][i] ~ (sth) （钟、表）走慢，慢（若干时间）if a watch or clockloses orloses 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。 |
