lose
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they lose | |
| he / she / it loses | |
| past simple lost | |
| past participle lost | |
| -ing form losing |
- [transitive] lose something/somebody
to be unable to find something/somebody 遺失；丢失 I've lost my keys. 我把鑰匙丢了。 The tickets seem to have got lost. 那些票好像給弄丢了。 She lost her husband in the crowd. 她在人群中與丈夫走散了。
Extra ExamplesWe've lost Alfie—is he with you? 我們和阿爾菲走散了－他和你在一起嗎？ Here, tie it round your neck so you don't lose it. 給你，把它系在脖子上，這樣你就不會弄丢了。 If your card is lost or stolen, inform your bank immediately. 如果您的卡丢失或被盜，請立即通知您的銀行。
- [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）損失，喪失，失去 She lost a leg in a car crash. 她在一次車禍中失去了一條腿。 Some families lost everything (= all they owned) in the flood. 有些家庭的財産在洪水中損失得精光。 She lost her baby (= had a miscarriage) three months into the pregnancy. 她懷孕三個月後流産了。 They lost both their sons (= they were killed) in the war. 他們的兩個兒子都被戰爭奪去了生命。 The ship was lost at sea (= it sank). 那條船沉沒了。 Many people lost their lives (= were killed). 有許多人喪生。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- [transitive] lose something/somebody
to have to give up something; to fail to keep something/somebody 被迫放棄；失去 He's lost his job. 他失業了。 You will lose your deposit if you cancel the order. 如果撤銷訂單，訂金將不予退還。 Sit down or you'll lose your seat. 坐下吧，要不這個座位就沒啦。 The government has lost control of the city. 政府已經失去了對這座城市的控制。 We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff. 我們不能再失去更多高級員工了。 The average business loses 20 per cent of its customers every year. 普通企業每年流失20%的客戶。 You risk losing your house if you do not keep up the payments. 如果你不按時付款，你就有失去房子的危險。 - lose something to somebody/something
The company has lost a lot of business to its competitors. 公司的許多生意都被對手奪走了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- [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 脫發；掉牙 to lose your sight/eyesight/hearing/memory 失去視力/視力/聽力/記憶力 There's new hope for people trying to lose weight. 試圖減肥的人有了新的希望。 I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet. 這次節食開始以來我體重減了十磅。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- [transitive] lose something
to have less and less of a quality or ability, especially until you no longer have any of it 降低；減少；漸漸喪失 - [transitive, intransitive]
to be defeated; to fail to win a competition, a court case, an argument, etc.; to cause somebody to be defeated 被打敗；輸掉（比賽、訴訟案件、辯論等） - lose something
So far they haven't lost a game. 迄今爲止他們還未輸過一場比賽。 to lose a race/an election/a battle/a war 輸掉比賽/選舉/戰鬥/戰爭 - lose to somebody
We lost to a stronger team. 我們輸給了一支實力更強的隊。 - lose by something
He lost by less than 100 votes. 他以不到 100 張選票敗北。 - lose something by something
We lost the game by three points. 我們以三分之差輸掉了比賽。 - lose on something (to somebody)
They lost on penalties to (= because they scored fewer penalties than) Spain. 他們在點球大戰中輸給了西班牙。 - lose somebody something
Many believe the incident lost them the election. 許多人認爲這一事件讓他們輸掉了選舉。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurea1, Games and toysa1The visiting side lost to the home team. 客隊輸給了主隊。 There was really no shame in losing to Norton at that stage of his career. 他在職業生涯的那個階段敗給諾頓確實沒有什麽可羞愧的。 This is a game that Lazio cannot afford to lose. 這次比賽拉齊奧隊輸不起。 We lost against Albyn College. 我們輸給了阿爾賓學院。 We lost by five goals to two. 我們 2 比 5 輸了。 They deserved to lose. 他們輸了活該。 Win or lose, the important thing is to remain calm. 不管輸赢，關鍵是要保持冷靜。 The South lost the war. 南方輸掉了戰爭。 He yesterday lost his appeal against a six-month ban. 他就六個月的禁令提出的申訴昨天未獲成功。 She resigned as party leader after they lost the election. 該黨在競選失敗後，她辭去了黨主席的職務。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + lose- hate to
- not bear to
- not like to
- …
- against
- by
- to
- …
- win or lose
- lose something
- [transitive, intransitive]
to fail to keep something you want or need, especially money; to cause somebody to fail to keep something （使）失去（所需要的東西，尤指錢） - lose something
The business is losing money. 這家公司正在虧損。 Poetry always loses something in translation. 詩歌一經翻譯總會失去某些東西。 - lose something by doing something
You have nothing to lose by telling the truth. 你講真話是不會吃虧的。 What do we lose by working with them? 和他們一起工作我們會失去什麽？ - lose on something
We lost on that deal. 我們那筆交易做虧了。 The company stands to lose financially if this deal falls through. 如果這次交易落空，公司可能會有經濟損失。 - lose somebody something
His carelessness lost him the job. 他粗枝大葉，丢了工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- forever
- be about to
- be going to
- be likely to
- …
- lose something
- [transitive] lose something
to fail to get, hear or understand something 不明白；聽不見；弄不懂 - [transitive] lose somebody (informal)
to be no longer understood by somebody 使弄不懂；使不理解 - [transitive] lose somebody/something
to escape from somebody/something 逃避；逃脫 - [transitive] lose something
to waste time or an opportunity 浪費（時間）；錯過（機會） - [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 （鐘、表）走慢，慢（若幹時間）
not find找不到
have something/somebody taken away喪失
have less減少
not win未赢
not keep未保留
not understand/hear弄不懂；聽不見
escape逃避
time時間
Word OriginOld 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）；變得瘋狂