be/get burnedinformal a) to be emotionally hurt by someone or something 感情受到伤害 Take things slowly – don’t get burned again. 慢慢来，别让自己再受到伤害了。
b) to lose a lot of money 遭受巨大损失，亏损巨大 The company got badly burned in the dot.com collapse. 网络行业崩溃的时候，公司遭受了巨大亏损。
be/get burned• A lot of people got burned buying junk bonds.• Jo's afraid of getting burned if she gets involved with someone again.
→ be/get burned at burn1(3)