come to be without, as through carelessness;fail to find
fail to win
waste
"She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
"We lost the battle but we won the war"
"She lost her husband in the war"
"The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
"I misplaced my eyeglasses"
"I've lost my glasses again!"
"The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
"I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
"The company turned a loss after the first year"
"I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
"I missed that remark"
"She missed his point"
"We lost part of what he said"
"This author really suffers in translation"
What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.
出自:Hamlet , Shakespeare
我不走运,打牌总输。
How much money did you lose at the races?
赛马会上你输了多少钱?
按我们的储蓄计划把钱存起来,你就不会蒙受什么损失。 lose sth by sth
The government may lose seats by the reorganization of voting areas.
政府可能会因为调整选区而失去席位。
我们在黑暗中迷路。
One loses oneself easily in such a big city.
在这样的大城市里很容易迷路。
My little daughter lost herself in the department store yesterday.
昨天,我的小女儿在百货商场里迷了路。
I've lost my ring in the garden.
我把戒指丢在花园里了。
I always get lost in a strange city.
到陌生城市我常常迷路。 lose oneself in sth
I can always lose myself in a good book.
一本好书会使我爱不释手。
Mary was lost in the details of a new sewing pattern.
玛丽埋头研究一个新的剪裁花样。 lose in sth
The effect of the story loses in translation.
这个故事一经翻译便失去了原来的效果。 lose sth in sth
The chairman's remarks were lost in the public's shouts of disapproval.
主席讲的话被淹没在一片反对的呼声中。
我们在那件事上吃亏了。
我们在这次大选中被击败了,这完全是因为反对党有更多的钱进行竞选活动。
You often lose out when you bet on horse races.
你在赛马打赌时,常常输掉。
英国队输给了澳大利亚队。 lose sb/sth/oneself to sb
He lost himself to her.
他完全听她的。
She seems to have lost her heart to you.
她似乎已爱上了你。
She lost her heart to the man with the broad shoulders and deep voice.
她爱上了那位宽肩且声音浑厚的男子。
Now his daughter was lost to him for ever.
现在他永远失去了他的女儿。
The opportunity was lost to him.
他失去了那个机会。
I lost no time (in) following up the idea.
我要赶紧跟进这个想法。
The opportunity was lost to him.
他失去了机会。
His laziness lost him his job.
他的懒惰使他失去了职位。
He has lost his pen for a week.
第一句的表达方式是错误的,后面两句的表达方式是正确的。
误 Fred lost his cycle's control on the hill and ran into a tree.
正 Fred lost control of his cycle on the hill and ran into a tree.
析 lose control of sth 为固定短语,意思是“对…失控”。
误 They fail touch with each other because of the war.
正 They lost touch with each other because of the war.
析 lose touch with为固定短语,意思是“与…失去了联系”。
误 He has lost his pen for a week.
正 He lost his pen a week ago.
析 lose是瞬间动词,通常不与表示一段时间的状语连用。
误 No matter what difficulties may come our way, we must never lose our heart.
正 No matter what difficulties may come our way, we must never lose heart.
误 We never lose our heart when we encounter setbacks in our work.
正 We never lose heart when we encounter setbacks in our work.
误 She lost heart to the English teacher.
正 She lost her heart to the English teacher.
析 “失去信心”是lose heart, heart前不用冠词,也不可用物主代词;而“爱上某人”是lose one's heart to sb。