lose
verb
luːz verb
1
STOP HAVING ATTITUDE/QUALITY ETC
不再有某种态度/品质等
to stop having a particular attitude, quality, ability etc, or to gradually have less of it 丧失，失去〔某种品质、能力等〕; T
I’ve lost my appetite.
我已经没有了胃口。
lose confidence/interest/hope etc
The business community has lost confidence in the government.
商界已经对政府失去了信心。
Carol lost interest in ballet in her teens.
卡萝尔在十几岁的时候对芭蕾舞失去了兴趣。
Try not to lose heart (=become sad and hopeless) – there are plenty of other jobs.
不要灰心 — 还有很多其他的工作。
lose face
A settlement was reached in which neither side lost face.
达成了一个双方都不失面子的协议。
lose weight/height/speed etc
You’re looking slim. Have you lost weight?
你看上去很苗条啊，体重是不是减轻了？
The plane emptied its fuel tanks as it started losing altitude.
飞机开始从高空骤降时排空了油箱。
lose your sight/hearing/voice/balance etc
Mr Eyer may lose the sight in one eye.
艾尔先生有一只眼睛可能会失明。
The tour was postponed when the lead singer lost his voice.
主唱嗓子失声，巡回演出推迟了。
Julian lost his balance and fell.
朱利安失去平衡摔倒了。
lose your touch (become less skilled at doing something you used to do well) 失去技能，对技艺生疏
This latest movie proves Altman is by no means losing his touch.
这部最新的影片证明，阿尔特曼的技艺宝刀丝毫未老。
By the time the ambulance arrived, Douglas had lost consciousness .
救护车到来的时候，道格拉斯已经失去知觉了。
lose all sense of time/direction/proportion etc
When he was writing, he lost all sense of time.
他在写作的时候完全没有了时间概念。
lose sight of sth (forget an important fact about a situation) 忽略某事
We must never lose sight of the fact that man must work in harmony with nature.
我们绝不能忘记这一点 — 人类必须和自然保持和谐。
2
NOT WIN
输掉
to not win a game, argument, election, war etc 输掉（比赛、辩论、选举、战争等）; I,T
They played so badly they deserved to lose.
他们打得这么差，输了活该。
Klinger lost his seat in the election.
克林格在选举中失去了他的席位。
Arkansas just lost three games in a row.
阿肯色队刚连输了三场比赛。
He just can’t bear to lose an argument.
他和别人争论的时候就是输不起。
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The Beavers have dropped only one game since losing to Oregon in January.
海狸队自 1 月份败给俄勒冈队以来只输了一场比赛。
lose (sth) by 1 goal/10 votes/20 points etc
The government lost by one vote.
政府以一票之差落马。
The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount) .
这位共产党候选人仅以几票之差落选。
Freddie died in 1982 after losing his battle against AIDS.
弗雷迪与艾滋病抗争失败，于 1982 年去世。
lose sb sth
It was a rash decision, and it lost him the race (=caused him to lose the race) .
这个决定太轻率，使他输掉了比赛。
3
CANNOT FIND STH
找不着某物
to become unable to find someone or something 丢失，找不到 T | BrE AmE
I’ve lost the tickets for tonight’s show.
我把今晚的演出票弄丢了。
I followed her on foot, but lost her in the crowd.
我走在她后面，可是在人群中跟丢了。
It was thought the manuscript had been lost forever .
原以为这份手稿永远不见了。
be/get lost in the post
The parcel must have got lost in the post .
包裹肯定是在邮递过程中弄丢了。
lose track of sth/sb (stop knowing where someone or something is) 不知某物/某人的下落
He lost track of her after her family moved away.
她家搬走以后，他就失去了她的音讯。
lose sight of sth/sb (stop being able to see someone or something) 看不见某物/某人
Don’t try to walk in a heavy snowstorm as you may lose sight of your vehicle.
暴风雪中不要下车走路，你可能会看不到自己的车子。
4
STOP HAVING STH
不再拥有某物
if you lose something that is important or necessary, you then no longer have it, especially because it has been taken from you or destroyed 丧失，失去〔重要或需要的东西〕; T
David’s very upset about losing his job .
戴维失去了工作非常难过。
Hundreds of people lost their homes in the floods.
水灾中成百上千的人失去了家园。
My family lost everything in the war.
我家在战争中失去了一切。
He was over the limit and will lose his licence .
他超速行驶，将会失去驾驶执照。
90 naval aircraft were lost and 31 damaged.
90 架海军飞机被毁，31 架受损。
lose a chance/opportunity
If you hesitate, you may lose the opportunity to compete altogether.
你如果犹豫，可能连参赛的机会都会失去。
lose sth to sb/sth
We were losing customers to cheaper rivals.
我们的客户被出价更低的竞争对手抢去了。
She was about to lose her husband to a younger woman.
她就要被一个更年轻的女人抢去丈夫。
California has lost 90% of its wetlands to development.
加州有 90% 的湿地都被用于开发建设了。
lose an arm/leg/eye etc
He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
他在摩托车事故中失去了一条腿。
He’s lost a lot of blood but his life is not in danger.
他失血很多，但是没有生命危险。
lose sb sth
the mistakes which lost him his kingdom (=caused him to lose his kingdom)
使他丢掉了王国的错误
5
DEATH
死亡
a. to die b. if you lose a relative or friend, they die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 失去〔亲属、朋友，die 的委婉语〕; T
a memorial to honor those who lost their lives in the war
战争死难者纪念碑
One woman in Brooklyn lost a husband and two sons in the gang wars.
在黑帮争斗中，布鲁克林的一名妇女失去了丈夫和两个儿子。
Sadly, Anna lost the baby (=her baby died before it was born) .
安娜不幸流产。
lose sb to cancer/AIDS etc
He lost his father to cancer (=his father died of cancer) last year.
去年他父亲被癌症夺去了生命。
Peter was lost at sea when his ship sank.
轮船沉没，彼得在海上遇难。
6
MONEY
钱
if you lose money, you then have less money than you had before （使）亏损，（使）损失; I,T
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The company is in debt after losing an estimated $30 million on its dotcom enterprise.
公司在因特网业务上估计亏损 3 千万美元之后就负债了。
Creditors and investors stand to lose (=risk losing) vast sums after the company’s collapse.
公司倒闭之后，债权人和投资者可能会蒙受巨大的损失。
A lot of people lost their shirts (=lost a lot of money) on Ferraris in the Eighties.
80年代，许多人投资法拉利都赔光了老本。
It’s a great deal – we can’t lose!
这是一笔大生意 — 我们不能亏本！
lose sb sth
The stock market crash lost the banks £70 million (=caused them to lose £70 million) .
股市大跌使银行损失了 7000 万英镑。
7
have nothing to lose
if you have nothing to lose, it is worth taking a risk because you cannot make your situation any worse [口] 〔即使不成功也〕不会损失什么，不会变得更糟 spoken
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) .
工人阶级要失去的也只是束缚他们的锁链。
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，他们只会得不偿失。
8
TIME
时间
a. if you lose time, you do not make progress as quickly as you want to or should b. if a watch, clock etc loses time, it runs too slowly and shows an earlier time than it should 〔钟表等〕走慢; T
lose time/2 days/3 hours etc
Vital minutes were lost because the ambulance took half an hour to arrive.
救护车半个小时才到，错过了最关键的几分钟时间。
In 1978, 29 million days were lost in industrial action.
1978 年，罢工行动中损失了 2.9 千万个工作日。
Come on, there’s no time to lose (=do not waste time) .
快点，没有时间磨蹭了。
lose no time in doing sth (do something immediately) 马上做某事
Murdoch lost no time in taking out a patent for his invention.
默多克一分钟也没有耽误，马上为他的发明申请了专利。
9
lose your way/bearings
a. to stop knowing where you are or which direction you should go in b. to become uncertain about your beliefs or what you should do 迷失方向，不知所措
I lost my way in the network of tiny alleys.
我在纵横交错的小巷子里迷了路。
The company seems to have lost its way of late.
近来公司似乎迷失了方向。
10
lose touch (with sb/sth)
10. a. if two people lose touch, they gradually stop communicating, for example by no longer phoning or writing to each other b. if you lose touch with a situation or group, you are then no longer involved in it and so do not know about it or understand it 〔因不再接触某情况或团体而〕不了解，不明白
I’ve lost touch with all my old school friends.
我和所有老同学都失去了联系。
They lost touch when Di got married and moved away.
迪结婚搬走以后，他们就失去了联系。
They claim the prime minister has lost touch with the party.
他们声称首相已不再了解这个党了。
It sometimes appears that the planners have lost touch with reality.
有时候规划者好像不懂现实。
11
lose your temper/cool/rag
11. to become angry 发脾气，发怒
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Diana was determined not to lose her temper with him.
黛安娜决意不对他发火。
12
lose your head
12. to become unable to behave calmly or sensibly 失去理智
You’ve all heard that Nadal lost his head over a girl?
你们都听说了吗？奈达尔疯狂地爱上了一个女孩。
13
lose your mind
13. to become crazy 发疯;
Nicholas looked at her as if she’d lost her mind.
尼古拉斯看着她，就好像她发疯了一样。
14
lose it lose the plot
14. a. to become very angry and upset b. also 又作 to become crazy or confused 发疯; 糊涂 spoken informal
She completely lost it with one of the kids in class.
她给班上的一个孩子气疯了。
I could see people thinking I’d totally lost the plot.
我看得出来，人们都以为我彻底疯了。
15
lose yourself in sth
15. to be paying so much attention to something that you do not notice anything else 全神贯注于某事，专心于某事
She listened intently to the music, losing herself in its beauty.
她专注地听着音乐，完全沉浸在美妙的旋律之中。
16
ESCAPE
摆脱
if you lose someone who is chasing you, you manage to escape from them 摆脱，甩掉〔追赶者〕 T
There’s a better chance of losing him if we take the back route.
我们如果走小路的话，就更有可能摆脱他。
17
CONFUSE SB
使某人糊涂
to confuse someone when you are trying to explain something to them [口，非正式] 〔试图解释时〕把…搞糊涂 T | spoken informal
Explain it again – you’ve lost me already.
再解释一遍吧 — 你都把我搞糊涂了。
18
REMOVE STH
除去某物
to remove a part or feature of something that is not necessary or wanted 去掉，拿掉，删掉 T
You could lose the last paragraph to make it fit on one page.
你可以把最后一段删掉，这样就能放入一页了。
19
lose something in the translation/telling
19. to be less good than the original form 翻译/转述过程中失去了味道
The joke loses something in the translation.
这个笑话翻译过来就失去味道了。
20 to not get something good, valuable etc because someone else gets it instead 失去，丧失〔好的或有价值之物〕
The deal will ensure that shareholders do not lose out financially.
这个协议将确保股东在经济上不会有损失。
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He lost out to Roy Scheider for the lead role.
他当主角的机会被罗伊．沙伊德抢走了。
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Workers who don’t take up training may lose out on promotion.
没有接受培训的工人可能会丧失升职机会。