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| 1 | T to stop having something because it has been taken from you or destroyed 丧失；失去 |
| Mike lost his job last year. 迈克去年失业了。 |
| Register now and don’ t lose your right to vote. 现在就登记，别失去你的投票权。 |
| The family lost everything when their home burned down. 这户人家因房屋被烧毁而变得一无所有。 |
| lose sb sth (=make someone lose something) An unreasonably high exchange rate lost them export markets. 使某人失去某物 |
| lose sth to sb They feared losing the sale to a rival company. 他们担心与之竞争的公司会抢走他们的生意。 |
| | 1a | to stop having someone working for or with you because they have left 失去（员工或共事者） | | I hope you decide not to accept their offer, because we’ ll be sorry to lose you. 我希望你能决定不要接受他们提供的职位，因为失去你我们会感到很遗憾。 | |
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| 2 | T to be unable to find someone or something 遗失；丢失 |
| I’ ve lost my bag. Have you seen it? 我丢了包。你看到了吗？ |
| We were frantic because we lost Ben in the shop. 我们急得发疯，因为我们和本在商店里走散了。 |
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| 3 | I/T to not win a race , competition , fight etc 输，失败，未赢得（赛跑、竞赛、战斗等） |
| ‘How did you do in the quiz?’ ‘We lost.’ “你们在这次问答比赛中表现如何？”“我们输了。” |
| lose to/against sb England lost 2–1 to Germany. 英格兰队以1比2负于德国队。 |
| lose by sth They lost by only one point. 他们仅以一分之差败北。 |
| lose sb sth (=make someone lose something) Those comments may well have lost them the election. 使某人输掉某物 |
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| 4 | T to have less of something than before because some of it has gone 降低；减少 |
| The plane lost cabin pressure and everyone had to use oxygen masks. 飞机舱内的压力降低了，每个人都不得不使用氧气面罩。 |
| | 4a | T to become thinner and weigh less 减轻（体重） | | lose 5 pounds/3kg/2 stone etc I lost half a stone when I was ill. 我生病时体重减轻了半英石。 | | lose weight He’ s lost a lot of weight recently. 他最近体重轻了不少。 | |
| | 4b | if a plane loses height , it moves down to a lower level in the sky , usually because of a problem （飞机通常因故障而）降低高度 | |
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| 5 | T if you lose a member of your family or a friend , they die 失去（亲人或朋友） |
| She lost her son in a car accident. 她儿子在一次车祸中死了。 |
| | 5a | if a woman loses a baby , the baby dies before it is born （婴儿）胎死腹中 | |
| | 5b | if you lose someone to something such as a disease , they die as a result of it 因某事（如疾病等）失去某人 | | She lost her mother to cancer. 她母亲被癌症夺去了生命。 | |
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| 6 | T if you lose time or an opportunity or chance , you use it up or waste it 浪费（时间或机会） |
| a plan to reduce the amount of working time lost through sickness 减少因病损失的工作时间的计划 |
| He must realize that an outstanding opportunity has been lost. 他必定意识到错过了一次大好时机。 |
| There’ s no time to lose (=used for saying that it is necessary to do something as quickly as possible because the situation is urgent) . （用于表明情况紧急)抓紧时间 |
| | 6a | to do something immediately 立即做某事 | | She lost no time in telling Sonia what had happened. 她当即把发生的事告诉了索尼亚。 | |
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| 7 | T to no longer have the natural ability to see , hear , remember etc 丧失（视、听、记忆等的官能） |
| He lost his sight in an accident. 在一次事故中他双目失明。 |
| He’ d lost his memory as a result of a stroke. 他由于中风丧失了记忆力。 |
| | 7a | to become unconscious , for example because you are ill or have been hit on the head （因生病、头部被击等）失去知觉 | |
| | 7b | to become crazy and start behaving in a strange way 丧失理智 | |
| | 7c | to be unable to speak for a period of time , for example because you have a cold （因感冒等而暂时）失声 | |
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| 8 | T to not have part of your body any longer, for example because of an accident , illness , or age （因事故、疾病或年迈而）失去（身体的一部分） |
| Peter lost a leg in a climbing accident. 彼得在一次登山事故中失去了一条腿。 |
| He started losing his hair in his late twenties. 他在将近30岁时开始脱发。 |
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| 9 | T to stop having a positive feeling , quality , or attitude 失去（积极的情感、素质或态度） |
| Jane started to lose interest in her schoolwork. 简开始对自己的学业失去兴趣。 |
| Many people have lost faith in the police force. 许多人已对警方失去信任。 |
| We’ ve lost all hope of finding him alive. 我们对能活着找到他已不抱有任何希望。 |
| | 9a | to suddenly become too frightened to do something you intended to do 失去勇气（或胆量） | |
| | 9b | to suddenly become angry （突然）发怒，发脾气 | |
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| 10 | T to make less money than you spend or invest 亏（本）；赔（钱） |
| The company lost more than £5 million last year. 该公司去年赔了500多万英镑。 |
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| 11 | T to manage to escape from someone who is following you 甩掉，摆脱（追赶者或跟踪者） |
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| 12 | T to make someone confused when you are trying to explain something to them 使…迷惑 |
| I’ m sorry, you’ ve lost me there. Who’ s Andrew? 真抱歉，我被你弄糊涂了。谁是安德鲁？ |
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| 13 | T if a clock or watch loses time , it is operating too slowly and shows a time that is earlier than the correct time （钟表）走慢 |
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| - | sb can’ t lose spoken
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| used for saying that someone will definitely succeed , whatever they decide to do |
| 某人不会输（用于表明某人决定要做的事一定会成功） |
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| - | have a lot/too much to lose
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| to be in a position where something bad might happen if you are not successful |
| 损失惨重；输得很惨 |
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| - | have nothing to lose
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| if you have nothing to lose , you can try something because even if you fail it will not make your situation any worse , but you might gain if you succeed |
| （即使不成功也）不会损失什么 |
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| - | lose your balance/footing
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| to suddenly fall or almost fall |
| 失去平衡；突然倒下；几乎摔倒 |
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| - | lose the battle but win the war
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| to not achieve a minor victory but at the same time succeed in achieving something much more important |
| 输了战斗但赢了战争 |
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| - | losecount
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| 1 | to forget a total when you are counting something （数数时）忘记总数 | Don’ t talk to me or I’ ll lose count. 别和我说话，要不我会忘了总数。 | |
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| 2 | used for saying that you do not know how many things there are or how many times something has happened, because there are so many （因太多而）不知道正确数目 | I’ ve lost count of the times he’ s asked to borrow money. 我记不清他有多少次要求向我借钱了。 | |
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| - | loseface
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| to no longer impress people or be respected by them , especially by showing that you are not in control of a situation |
| 丢脸；没面子 |
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| - | loseground
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| to go into a position where you are less strong , advanced , or successful than someone else |
| 失去优势地位 |
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| He led from lap one but then lost ground after several pit stops. 他从第一圈开始领先，但经过几次加油停车后他就失去了优势地位。 |
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| - | lose your head
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| to become so upset or worried that you stop thinking clearly or behaving in a sensible way |
| 昏了头；张皇失措；冲动 |
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| - | loseheart
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| to stop believing that you can succeed |
| 泄气；灰心 |
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| - | lose your heart to sb literary
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| to start to love someone very much |
| 钟情于某人；开始爱上某人 |
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| - | lose sth in translation/interpretation etc
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| to not be as effective or accurate when translated or performed in another way etc |
| 翻译/诠释等得不够精确到位 |
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| - | lose it informal
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| 1 | to suddenly become unable to behave or think in a sensible way （突然）失去理智 |
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| 2 | to suddenly become very angry （突然）发怒，发火 |
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| - | lose your life
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| to die as a result of something such as an accident , war , or illness |
| （由于事故、战争或疾病而）丧生 |
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| He lost his life in a sailing accident. 他在一次航行事故中丧生。 |
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| - | lose your marbles informal
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| to become crazy |
| 丧失理智；发疯 |
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| - | lose your rag BRITISH informal
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| to get very angry |
| 发脾气；发火 |
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| - | losesight of
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| 1 | to forget an important fact or forget what your main aim is , because you are thinking too much about other things 忽略，忘掉（重要事实或主要目标） | I think he has lost sight of the origins of the company. 我认为他忽略了该公司的背景。 | |
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| 2 | to be no longer able to see someone or something 看不见 | Danny lost sight of the muggers when they ran into a shopping centre. 这些行凶抢劫者跑进购物中心后，丹尼就找不到他们的踪影了。 | |
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| - | lose your touch
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| to not be as successful at doing something as you were before |
| （技艺、业务等）生疏 |
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| - | losetouch (with sth)
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| to not know the most recent information about something , so you no longer understand it completely |
| （由于未能掌握某事物的最新动态而）无法完全理解 |
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| I’ ve lived in the US for 10 years, so I’ ve somewhat lost touch with British politics. 我在美国已生活了10年，所以对英国政治知之甚少。 |
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| - | losetouch/contact (with sb)
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| to not know where someone is or what they are doing because you have not talked to or communicated with them for a long time |
| （与某人）失去联系 |
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| - | losetrack (of)
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| to no longer know where someone or something is or what is happening |
| 不了解（某人的）近况；不了解（某事物的）动态；失去（…的）线索 |
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| I’ ve lost track of what she’ s doing now. 我不知道她现在在做什么。 |
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| - | lose your way
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| 1 | to not know where you are or how to get to where you want to go 迷路 |
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| 2 | to no longer know what your aim or purpose is or what to do next 迷失方向 | The company has lost its way in recent years. 最近几年该公司都没有一个明确的发展方向。 | |
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| - | lose yourself in sth
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| to be so interested in something that you do not notice what is happening around you |
| 全神贯注于某事 |
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| - | not losesleep over
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| to not let something worry or upset you |
| 不为某事操心 |
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| It was just a mistake. Don’ t lose any sleep over it. 这不过是个失误。别为此烦恼了。 |
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| - | ˌlose ˈout |
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| | to not get a benefit that someone else is getting 失利；输掉 | The proposal is likely to be opposed by the four countries which could lose out. 该提议很可能遭到这四国的反对，因为这些国家可能会吃亏。 | | lose out to sb If we don’ t act quickly, we’ ll lose out to another company. 如果我们不赶快行动，我们会输给另一家公司。 | |
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