lost

adjective

/lɒst/

/lɔːst/

Idioms

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unable to find your way; not knowing where you are迷路的；迷失的
- We always get lost in London.我们在伦敦老是迷路。
- We're completely lost.我们完全迷路了。
- We got lost in the woods.我们在森林中迷路了。
- I was tired, hungry and hopelessly lost. 我又累又饿，绝望地迷路了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- get
adverb
- completely
- hopelessly
See full entry
that cannot be found or brought back失去的；丢失的；丧失的；无法恢复的
- I'm still looking for that lost file.我还在找那份丢失的档案。
- a lost cat/dog/pet迷路的猫/狗/宠物
- Your invitation must have got lost in the post.你的邀请一定是在邮件中丢失了。
- Report all instances of lost or stolen cards immediately.立即报告所有丢失或被盗的卡。
- Along with flight delays, lost luggage is the most common cause for passenger complaint. 除了航班延误，行李丢失是乘客投诉的最常见原因。
- Without a form of backup, this data would be lost forever.如果没有某种形式的备份，这些数据将永远丢失。
see also long-lost
[usually before noun] that cannot be obtained; that cannot be found or created again得不到的；无法再找到的；无法再造的
- Piracy is costing film studios millions in lost revenues. 盗版让电影公司损失了数百万的收入。
- The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business.罢工使他们失去了几千英镑的生意。
- lost sales/profits/earnings损失的销售额/利润/收益
- She's trying to recapture her lost youth.她在努力追回逝去的青春。
- a poignant and bittersweet tale of lost love 关于失恋的辛酸而又苦乐参半的故事
- He regretted the lost (= wasted) opportunity to apologize to her.他后悔错过了向她道歉的机会。
- the lost art of letter-writing失落的写信艺术
[not usually before noun] unable to deal successfully with a particular situation不知所措；一筹莫展
- I felt so lost after my mother died.我母亲去世后我觉得茫然无措。
- lost without somebody/something We would be lost without your help.我们没有你的帮助就会一筹莫展。
- He's a lost soul (= a person who does not seem to know what to do, and seems unhappy).他是个迷惘的人。
Extra Examples
- I felt lost without my watch.没有手表，我有点儿不知所措。
- She looked rather lost and lonely, standing in a corner by herself.她独自站在角落里，看上去茫然而孤独。
Topics Difficulty and failureb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- completely
- totally
- very
- …
See full entry
[not before noun] unable to understand something because it is too complicated弄不懂；困惑
- They spoke so quickly I just got lost.他们说得太快，我跟不上了。
- Hang on a minute—I'm lost.等一下，我没弄明白。
- I was a little lost at first but quickly caught on to what was happening in this elaborate series. 起初我有点困惑，但很快就明白了这个精心制作的系列中发生了什么。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- completely
- totally
- very
- …
See full entry

Idioms

all is not lost

there is still some hope of making a bad situation better还有一线希望
- All is not lost—we still haven’t tried the banks for a loan.并非一无所获——我们仍未向银行申请贷款。

be lost for words

to be so surprised, confused, etc. that you do not know what to say（非常惊讶、困惑等而）不知说什么才好Topics Feelingsc1

be lost in something

to be giving all your attention to something so that you do not notice what is happening around you全神贯注；沉浸于
- to be lost in thought陷入沉思

be lost on somebody

to be not understood or noticed by somebody未被某人理解（或注意）
- His jokes were completely lost on most of the students.他讲的那些笑话大多数学生一点都没能领会。

be lost to the world

to be giving all your attention to something so that you do not notice what is happening around you全神贯注；沉浸于
- When he’s listening to music he’s lost to the world.当他在听音乐时，他迷失在这个世界上。

get lost

(informal) a rude way of telling somebody to go away, or of refusing something（让人走开或拒绝某事的不礼貌说法）滚开，别来烦我
- Tell him to get lost.叫他滚。
- ‘Lend us the car, won’t you?’ ‘Get lost!’“把车借给我们，好吗，”。“滚开！

give somebody up for lost

(formal) to stop expecting to find somebody alive认为某人没有生还的可能；认定某人已死

make up for lost time

to do something quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner（加快或加紧做某事以）弥补失去的时间
- I’ll have to work hard now to make up for lost time.我现在必须努力工作来弥补失去的时间。

there’s little/no love lost between A and B