lose

lose, miss, misplace

动词 lose:

1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
2. fail to win
3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
4. place (something) where one cannot find it again
   同义词：misplace, mislay
5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
6. allow to go out of sight
7. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
   同义词：turn a loss
8. fail to get or obtain
9. retreat
   同义词：fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede
10. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
    同义词：miss
11. be set at a disadvantage
    同义词：suffer

1. Such behaviour will lose you everyone's sympathy.
   你这种表现大家就不会同情你了。
2. He lost his life in the war.
   他在战争中丧生。
3. I lost my wallet yesterday.
   我昨天丢了钱包。

lose

v.（动词）
lost[lôst, lôst] los.ing,los.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay:
遗失：在保管某物时不成功；丢失：
例句：
He`s always losing his keys on the way out the door.
他经常在路上丢失钥匙

To come to be deprived of the ownership, care, or control of (something one has had), as by negligence, accident, or theft:
（因疏忽，意外而）失去：由于疏忽、意外或盗窃而被剥夺（某人所拥有的某物）的所有权、管理权或控制权：
例句：
I`ve lost three umbrellas this year. Britain lost its American colonies in a revolution.
今年我丢了三把伞。在革命中，英国丧失了它在北美的殖民地

To be deprived of (something one has had):
被剥夺（某人曾拥有的某物）：
例句：
lost their lives; lost her youth through hardship.
失去生命；由于辛劳而失去青春

To be bereaved of:
丧失：
例句：
lost his wife.
他失去了妻子

To be unable to keep alive:
无法继续存活：无法使…活下去：
例句：
a doctor who has lost very few patients.
这位医生鲜有不能治愈的病人

To be unable to maintain, sustain, or keep:
无法维持，保留或保管：
例句：
lost everything in the stock market crash; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
在股市狂跌中丧失了一切；由于改变了主意，将失去支持者

To fail to win; fail in:
未能获胜；失败：
例句：
lost the game; lost the court case.
在比赛中失败；打输了官司

To fail to use or take advantage of:
未能使用或利用：
例句：
Don`t lose a chance to improve your position.
不要错过晋级的机会

To fail to hear, see, or understand:
无法听到、看到或理解：
例句：
We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
在浓雾中我们看不到飞机了。当她开始讲热力学时，我理解不了

To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
迷路：使（自己）无法找到路
To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
迷失：将（自己）从日常的现实带入幻想的世界中
To rid oneself of:
减轻：使自己摆脱：
例句：
lost five pounds.
减轻五英磅

To consume aimlessly; waste:
浪费：无目的地消费；浪费：
例句：
lost a week in idle occupations.
在闲混中浪费了一周时间

To stray or wander from:
从…走失：
例句：
lose one`s way.
迷路

To elude or outdistance:
避开，甩掉：
例句：
lost their pursuers.
甩掉他们的追踪者

To be outdistanced by:
被…甩掉：
例句：
chased the thieves but lost them.
追踪小偷，但被甩掉了

To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
变慢：变慢了（一定时间）。用于计时器
To cause or result in the loss of:
导致…的丧失：造成…的损失，以…的损失为结果：
例句：
Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
未能对广告作出答复使她失去了工作

To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive:
使被毁坏。通常用于被动：
例句：
Both planes were lost in the crash.
两架飞机都在撞机中报废了

To cause to be damned.
使被诅咒
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To suffer loss.
经受损失
To be defeated.
被击败
To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.
走慢：工作或运转慢。用于计时器

<常用词组>lose out
To fail to achieve or receive an expected gain.
输掉，失败：未能达到或收到预定的目的
<习惯用语>lose out on
To miss (an opportunity, for example).
错过（机会）
lose time
To operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.
（钟表）走慢：运转得太慢。用于计时器
To delay advancement.
延误进展
来源：
Middle English losen
中古英语 losen
from Old English losian [to perish]
源自 古英语 losian [消失]
from los [loss] * see leu-
源自 los [损失] *参见 leu-