| 单词 | have nothing to lose |
| 释义 | have nothing to losehave nothing to lose spokenLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR if you have nothing to lose, it is worth taking a risk because you cannot make your situation any worse 〔即使不成功也〕不会损失什么，不会吃亏 You might as well apply for the job – you’ve got nothing to lose. 你不妨申请这份工作——你不会损失什么的。 have nothing to lose but your pride/reputation etc The working class has nothing to lose but its chains (=disadvantages, restrictions etc). 工人阶级失去的只是锁链。 have a lot/too much to lose (=used to say that you could make your situation much worse) 损失会很大 These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system. 这些年轻人知道，如果对体制提出抗议，他们会损失惨重。 Examples from the Corpus have nothing to lose• For a meeting or two, they have nothing to lose.• As the underdog here, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.• The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.• You have nothing to lose but your monotony.• If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit, remember that you have nothing to lose by applying.• You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court.• You have nothing to lose by trying out possible futures for size-it just requires an imaginative leap.• But you have nothing to lose - your life was being made a misery anyway. → have nothing to lose at lose(1) |
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