lose/luːz/ (lost, lost)

vt

1. 遗失，丢失

• He lost all his money. 他把所有的钱都丢了。

2. 失去，丧失

• lose one's sight (或confidence) 失去视力(或信心)

• He lost two sons in the war. 在战争中他失去了两个儿子。

• She has lost her job. 她失业了。

3. 迷失，使迷路

• lose one's way 迷路

• lose oneself (或be lost) in the woods 在森林里迷路

4. 摆脱

• We have lost our pursuers. 我们摆脱了追赶者。

• She has lost her cold. 她感冒好了。

5. 没得到；没赶上；没听见

• He will lose the reward if he doesn't try harder. 如果不加倍努力，他将得不到奖。

• We just lost the train. 我们没能赶上火车。

• I lost the last words of his speech. 我没听见他说的最后几句话。

• His words were lost in the applause. 他的话被掌声淹没。

6. 使失败；输掉

• lose a game (lawsuit, war) 输了一场比赛(官司、战争)

7. 浪费(时间、努力等)

• Our efforts will not be lost. 我们的努力不会白费。

• We have no time to lose. 我们没时间可浪费了。

8. 使损失

• That job lost us a large sum of money. 那件活使我们损失了一大笔钱。

9. 常用被动 消失；毁灭；死亡

• His brother was lost at sea. 他的兄弟死在海上。

10. (钟、表等)走慢

• This clock loses five minutes each day. 这钟每天慢5分。

vi

1. 失败，输

• Our team has lost. 我们队输了。

2. (钟、表等)走慢

• Does your watch gain or lose? 你的表走得快还是慢？

lose face见face¹ lose one's temper见temper¹ lose out

1. 失败；受损

• They lost out in the preliminaries. 他们在预赛中就输掉了。

2. 被击败；被取代

• Will the cinema lose out to television? 电影会被电视取代吗？

• Small shops are losing out to supermarkets. 小商店正被超级市场所取代。

lose sight of见sight¹