lose
verb /luːz/
/luːz/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they lose | /luːz/ /luːz/ |
| he / she / it loses | /ˈluːzɪz/ /ˈluːzɪz/ |
| past simple lost | /lɒst/ /lɔːst/ |
| past participle lost | /lɒst/ /lɔːst/ |
| -ing form losing | /ˈluːzɪŋ/ /ˈluːzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] lose something/somebody to be unable to find something/somebody
遗失；丢失 - 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。
- We've lost Alfie—is he with you?
我们和阿尔菲走散了－他和你在一起吗？ - Here, tie it round your neck so you don't lose it.
给你，把它系在脖子上，这样你就不会弄丢了。 - If your card is lost or stolen, inform your bank immediately.
如果您的卡丢失或被盗，请立即通知您的银行。
- I've lost my keys.
- [transitive] lose something/somebody to have something/somebody taken away from you, especially as a result of an accident, dying, etc.
（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失，丧失，失去 - She lost a leg in a car crash.
她在一次车祸中失去了一条腿。 - 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。 - She lost her baby (= had a miscarriage) three months into the pregnancy.
她怀孕三个月后流产了。 - 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- She lost a leg in a car crash.
- [transitive] lose something/somebody to have to give up something; to fail to keep something/somebody
被迫放弃；失去 - He's lost his job.
他失业了。 - 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。 - The government has lost control of the city.
政府已经失去了对这座城市的控制。 - We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
我们不能再失去更多高级员工了。 - The average business loses 20 per cent of its customers every year.
普通企业每年流失20%的客户。 - You risk losing your house if you do not keep up the payments.
如果你不按时付款，你就有失去房子的危险。 - lose something to somebody/something 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- He's lost his job.
- [transitive] lose something to no longer have something, or have less of something than you had before, especially as a result of getting older
使弄不懂；使不理解 - to lose your hair/teeth
脱发；掉牙 - to lose your sight/eyesight/hearing/memory
失去视力/视力/听力/记忆力 - There's new hope for people trying to lose weight.
试图减肥的人有了新的希望。 - 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- to lose your hair/teeth
- [transitive] lose something to have less and less of a quality or ability, especially until you no longer have any of it
降低；减少；渐渐丧失 - She seemed to have lost interest in food.
她好像对食物不感兴趣了。 - to lose faith/confidence
失去信心/信心 - He lost his nerve at the last minute.
他在最后一刻失去了勇气。 - At that moment he lost his balance and fell.
他在那一瞬间失去平衡摔倒了。 - The train was losing speed.
火车当时正在减速。 - He never lost the ability to make people laugh.
他从来没有丧失过让人发笑的能力。
- She seemed to have lost interest in food.
- [transitive, intransitive] to be defeated; to fail to win a competition, a court case, an argument, etc.; to cause somebody to be defeated
被打败；输掉（比赛、诉讼案件、辩论等） - lose something So far they haven't lost a game.
迄今为止他们还未输过一场比赛。 - to lose a race/an election/a battle/a war
输掉比赛/选举/战斗/战争 - lose to somebody We lost to a stronger team.
我们输给了一支实力更强的队。 - lose by something He lost by less than 100 votes.
他以不到 100 张选票败北。 - lose something by something We lost the game by three points.
我们以三分之差输掉了比赛。 - lose on something (to somebody) They lost on penalties to (= because they scored fewer penalties than) Spain.
他们在点球大战中输给了西班牙。 - lose somebody something Many believe the incident lost them the election.
许多人认为这一事件让他们输掉了选举。
Topics Difficulty and failurea1, Games and toysa1- The visiting side lost to the home team.
客队输给了主队。 - There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career.
他在职业生涯的那个阶段败给诺顿确实没有什么可羞愧的。 - This is a game that Lazio cannot afford to lose.
这次比赛拉齐奥队输不起。 - We lost against Albyn College.
我们输给了阿尔宾学院。 - We lost by five goals to two.
我们 2 比 5 输了。 - They deserved to lose.
他们输了活该。 - Win or lose, the important thing is to remain calm.
不管输赢，关键是要保持冷静。 - The South lost the war.
南方输掉了战争。 - He yesterday lost his appeal against a six-month ban.
他就六个月的禁令提出的申诉昨天未获成功。 - She resigned as party leader after they lost the election.
该党在竞选失败后，她辞去了党主席的职务。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + lose- hate to
- not bear to
- not like to
- …
- against
- by
- to
- …
- win or lose
- lose something So far they haven't lost a game.
- [transitive, intransitive] to fail to keep something you want or need, especially money; to cause somebody to fail to keep something
（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱） - lose something 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。 - lose something by doing something You have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
你讲真话是不会吃亏的。 - What do we lose by working with them?
和他们一起工作我们会失去什么？ - lose on something We lost on that deal.
我们那笔交易做亏了。 - The company stands to lose financially if this deal falls through.
如果这次交易落空，公司可能会有经济损失。 - lose somebody something His carelessness lost him the job.
他粗枝大叶，丢了工作。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- lose something The business is losing money.
- [transitive] lose something to fail to get, hear or understand something
不明白；听不见；弄不懂 - His words were lost (= could not be heard) in the applause.
他的讲话让掌声淹没了。
- His words were lost (= could not be heard) in the applause.
- [transitive] lose somebody (informal) to be no longer understood by somebody
使弄不懂；使不理解 - I'm afraid you've lost me there.
很抱歉，我没听明白你的话。
- I'm afraid you've lost me there.
- [transitive] lose somebody/something to escape from somebody/something
逃避；逃脱 - We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness.
我们设法在黑暗中摆脱了追赶者。
- We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness.
- [transitive] lose something to waste time or an opportunity
浪费（时间）；错过（机会） - 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。
- We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre.
- [transitive, intransitive] lose (something) if a watch or clock loses or loses time, it goes too slowly or becomes a particular amount of time behind the correct time
（钟、表）走慢，慢（若干时间） - This clock loses two minutes a day.
这时钟每天慢两分钟。
- This clock loses two minutes a day.
not find找不到
have something/somebody taken away丧失
have less减少
not win未赢
not keep未保留
not understand/hear弄不懂；听不见
escape逃避
time时间
词源Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’.
Idioms
lose it Most idioms containing lose are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example lose your bearings is at bearing.
- (informal) to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc.; to become crazy
禁不住（哭、笑等）；变得疯狂 - Then she just lost it and started screaming.
然后她再也控制不住，尖叫起来。
- Then she just lost it and started screaming.